This poem is taken from PN Review 263, Volume 48 Number 3, January - February 2022.
Testament and other poems
if you’re looking for Leonard
today Leonard’s expected
at Tower Hill station
the train arrives like a poem
with snow from Berlin
leaves from Manhattan
and in a darker version
twigs from the Feng trees of Shanghai
on its sooty roof
once Leonard appears
the platform becomes
both a place by the river
and a table of mercy
he doesn’t make them angels
he doesn’t make them lonely
songs they sing together
...
today Leonard’s expected
at Tower Hill station
the train arrives like a poem
with snow from Berlin
leaves from Manhattan
and in a darker version
twigs from the Feng trees of Shanghai
on its sooty roof
once Leonard appears
the platform becomes
both a place by the river
and a table of mercy
he doesn’t make them angels
he doesn’t make them lonely
songs they sing together
...
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