The Approach
- “ . . . In this in which the wild deer startle and stare out.”
- G. Oppen
- is like a deer
- standing by the road—
- side staring straight
- at you—
- with black eyes
- and a white tail
- who then looks away—
- superior.
- the startling thing—
- her recognition
- is bland and unafraid,
- so much for the power
- of the mind’s eye.