Fell longingly
Into place
Christ—
Those brambles
Swept from the forehead
All leafiness, silence
Where harmony, love & delusion
A basket
Was it kingly of them
Their foaming cups
Their hands at the crisp
Folded edge of an invoice
—"Your Second Head " from Practice, Restraint by Laura Sims. Copyright © 2005 by Laura Sims. Used by permission of Fence Books.