Jane Hirshfield – Ⅰ
A Thought
Some thoughts
throw off
a backward heat
as walls might,
at night, in summer.
It could happen
this moment—
Some movement.
One word’s almost
imperceptible shiver.
And what was
long cold
in your left palm,
long cold in your right palm,
might find itself
malleable, warmer.
An apricot
could be planted,
in such a corner.
Some thoughts
throw off
a backward heat
as walls might,
at night, in summer.
It could happen
this moment—
Some movement.
One word’s almost
imperceptible shiver.
And what was
long cold
in your left palm,
long cold in your right palm,
might find itself
malleable, warmer.
An apricot
could be planted,
in such a corner.
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