On Commonwealth
Coffee black and bagel plain
With cream cheese, only known
Quantities dawn until noon
Please. A chilly pumice
Progress of dithery clouds
Over ashen, sedate
Façades, gusts out of starling
-laughing beeches through scarves
To kiss throats. No transcription
Of nor significance
In cornices’ lavender
Last flush, lumpish buildings’
Green awnings and cider-warm
Windows, brown silhouettes
Embracing to depart.
