Green expanse,
   shimmering glass
      roof.
Wind there is,
   water runs
      nowhere.
Glimpses:
   Cherub face
      vanished in water;
Age-green watery metal fixtures:
Victorian cherub, youth,
green with age, what is this vision?
Trees, over the flat roofs away,
green and young beyond wetness
   in wind.
Cberubs: trumpeting memories,
Nautilus shells filled
   with tomb ash and yet
   green leaves
   scrubbed and dripping
   in cleansing wind!

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