Devin Johnston

Avec Glaçon

1
Phases, nerves:
furred on one side
an ice cube cracks,
fasces of silver
needles at its core

2
Across the lily
pond, not optic nerves
but pewter plate
this afternoon,
Hokusai has built
a little bridge

3
Among our speculations
the last foliole
of tender leaf
makes so light a point
that even dragonflies
can only hover near,
imponderable