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Ambivalence Moon
New Moon May 15, 2026
Agnes Martin on a rooftop
under insular raindrops
—Anne Waldman, from Refuge Vow, a Parable
How does light work
As a cryptic answer
To spring’s anxious life
Flare of light, spear of star
come, come whatever you are
I find myself watching this one bee
Burrow in a blue flower fence-wended
Each both scented for need & for greed
I am never more happy than alone
Except my love when the light appears as you
Whatever this is, it brings us both strengths
We will be right as rain when desert-arrived:
In good time, as oracle-hummed buzz
Unerring trust, dust devil deliverance.
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