scanty grace/glow guttering, slow & out/alone again.

the god gone/human only/lowly left

with human hungers/wholly here

this quotidian banquet- call it/

home.

or exile. either/love is here/

not there.

blood music in the ear/&

heart at hand/frightened/

and clinging close for comfort.

capricious spirit/lighting, landing, flighty,

fleeing/here a moment, gone.