The blue-black form of the crow in flight
hot against the grey-white July sky:
A grammar, of sorts: Perceiving its distinc-
[“T”]ness, yes; but also wondering: Does it
know wonder? It flips and drops in
the heat wave’s updrafts—with, and/
or against, the wind: That’s like a laugh,
distinctly seems shaped like an ecstasy
in a pure act—pure action—“in-stinct”—
Its shape against: also a bar or barrier,
a defining thing; each name, a carrier.