In a windowless room
they dust off beautiful facts,
facts like pearls and anemones
and nightingales, facts
long harbored in interior harbors
of the mind. Decrepit from neglect,
out on the edge of dying, obituary
facts, and cold, crystalline facts
of the mind. Decrepit from neglect,
out on the edge of dying, obituary
facts, and cold, crystalline facts
like diamonds that excel
in perfection
under a monocle.
in perfection
under a monocle.
