[James Brancheau]

Well, it has little in common with the poetry that I typically admire. It isn't musical (though it shouldn't be) and I hate ellipsis, esp closing a poem (though it's necessary). One or two images didn't seem as fresh as they could be. It's prosy.

But it's ambitious-- and quietly ambitious. The close I think is as precise in opening up possibilities as "the child Galileo" wanted to be in trying to narrow them. Not lunatic creationism, but perhaps a recognition of spirituality that I find compelling. It's passionate, but still keeps its distance. I found it more complex the more I read it. Thanks for showing up, Gregory.

(The horses bit reminded me of a certain saying that went something like "When you hear hoof clops in Ohio, you think it's a horse and not a zebra.")