in tune in tune (1988)

On a mandolin there are shadow strings
Corresponding mates of the same note
In tune in tune with one another

All they require is breath of nimble fingers
All they need is space to fill with
Their innate harmonies

Sweet ingredients! Battle not under
The damp sheet but rise with each yeast’s
Muscle flex, bust the bowl

Be it condo, cavedwelling, or
Californian. Stroke resonance
Internal& merge 

as a bird’s summer hum



(1988, Lawrence Ks.