is not an easy
way
to go about
finding a place to stay.
A ditchbank or woods-edge
has firmer ground.
In a loose world though
something can be started -
a root touch water,
a tip break sand -
Mounds from that can rise on
on held mounds,
a gesture of building, keeping,
a trapping
into shape.
Firm ground is not available ground.
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by A.R. Ammons, 1972
