Sparkling Natural Mineral Water

If in the night some distant sparkle
makes clear the extension of space and time,
and if some mineral sensation, some grit,
makes known the depth of bounds, the earth's underlayer,
then maybe in between, the nature of things
will make some easy noise: laughter, birdsong,
soft water, the sad sigh of a train.

MB 2020

If in the night some distant sparkle
makes clear the extension of space and time,