TheIagaryIceberg</p>

We’dratherhavetheicebergthantheship,</p>

althoughitanttheendoftravel.</p>

Althoughitstoodstock-stilllikecloudyrock</p>

andalltheseawereovgarble..</p>

We’dratherhavetheicebergthantheship;</p>

we’dratherownthisbreathgpofsnow</p>

thoughtheship’ssailswereiduponthesea</p>

asthesnowliesundissolvedupoer.</p>

Osolen,floatgfield,</p>

areyouawareanicebergtakesrepose</p>

withyou,awakesaypastureonyoursnows?</p>

Thisisaseasailivehiseyesfor.</p>

Theship’sigheicebergrises</p>

andsksaga;itsgssypnacles</p>

rrectelliptithesky.</p>

Thisisasewherehewhotreadstheboards</p>

isartlesslyrhetorical.Thecurta</p>

islightenoughtoriseoropes</p>

thatairyistsofsnowprovide.</p>

Thewitsofthesewhitepeaks</p>

sparwiththesun.Itsweighttheicebergdares</p>

uponashiftgstageandstandsandstares.</p>

Thisicebergcutsitsfacetsfrowith.</p>

Likejewelryfroagrave</p>

itsavesitselfperpetuallyandadorns</p>

onlyitself,perhapsthesnows</p>

whichsosurpriselygonthesea.</p>

Good-bye,wesay,good-bye,theshipsteersoff</p>

wherewavesgivetooher’swaves</p>

andcloudsrunawarrsky.</p>

Icebergsbehoovethesoul</p>

(bothbegself-adefrolevisible)</p>

toseetheso:fleshed,fair,erecteddivisible.</p></div> </div>