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| Ella Goodwin stands on porch of Hovey Sanitarium, Glover, 1910 |
for
Ella, para ella
Yesterday with sun and moon
both high to see in bright sky
both high to see in bright sky
me wishing my dearest was still around
for me to ask, to tell me why
it was so
for me to ask, to tell me why
it was so
I remembered you
by 1910 a young widow
probably with things to ask or say
to him whom you’d loved
who’d passed away
by 1910 a young widow
probably with things to ask or say
to him whom you’d loved
who’d passed away
too soon, even of this
of the sun and the moon
of the sun and the moon
El sol. La
luna.
Masculino, femenina
El, la, El la, El, la … Ella Ella
Masculino, femenina
El, la, El la, El, la … Ella Ella
but discovered soon, another way,
the two are visible every day
the two are visible every day
somewhere, anyway,
anywhere, really,
anywhere, really,
except for the one day
after the night the moon is full.
after the night the moon is full.
Then the masculine sun will be alone,
solamente él, el sol, solo, en soledad.
solamente él, el sol, solo, en soledad.
She rose at sunset, then,
to be gone when he’d return.
to be gone when he’d return.
Sylvia Manning, December 2019
