It was taken some years ago..........................The day when I was born..........................
At first it seems to be a smeared.............
print: blurred lines ................and gray fleeks..........
blended with the soft bones and skins.............................
Then as you scan it
you see in the left -hand corner
a thing that is like a branch
part of a tree
(balsam or spruce) emerging
and to the right,half up
what ought to be a gentle slop, a small frame house..................................
In the background there
is a skeleton...........
The photograph was taken
the day after
i stepped into this world................
I am in the World,on the