for An Atlas of the Difficult World

"I promised to show you a map you say but this is a mural

then yes let it be these are small distinctions

where do we see it from is the question

...

VII (The dream-site)

Some rooftop, water-tank looming, street-racket strangely quelled

and others known and unknown there, long sweet summer eve-

ning on the tarred roof:

leaned back your head to the nightvault swarming with stars

the Pleides broken loose, not seven but thousands

every known constellation flinging out fiery threads

and you could distinguish all

-cobwebs, tendrils, anatomies of stars

coherently hammocked, bluebank avenues between

-you knew your way among them, knew you were part of them

until, neck aching, you sat straight up and saw:

It was..." -Adrienne Rich from An Atlas of the Difficult World