there is a space between
flags and fireworks
try though we might
to fill and be filled
we must not forget the sky
or this yearning
in the corners we don’t see
“From Sea to Sea”
A Different Source cries back
—sip from me
but you must make passage
to the very bottom of the water
here, tomorrow begins
a country’s new year begins
in this honest, unglimpsed but persistent place
together, we can wade in the ocean
and there in the deep of our neighbor’s backyard
we will find love holds us
as we both look anew at the sky and dream