The wild mind wears a tie
workmanlike but formal, for writing
Hurtle Duffield’s spliced mind,
life broken by its fire, painting wildly …
a sheaf of papers, typed, in a leather case
with clasp of brass, initialed PW:
it’s a strong place for stories
that fly off the pages – to carry them from this room:
what a constellation of love and order
and dogs and vegetables and wine on the table –
the wildness bloomed, a galaxy of stars,
leather briefcase alongside, like a watcher.
