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Domestic Intelligence

Best trash this tulip spray

lest, come A.M., drooped

blossoms drop,

lest tabletop become

again some variegated

scattergram

impelling you to measure,

plot those points chance

and beauty intersect,

lest gorgeous red-gold

nonchalance grace

faience eggcups,

patinaed grapefruit spoons

you set while upstairs

wife and daughters slept,

lest over salmon crème fraîche

and warm pear tarte tatin,

your mind threads petals

back to florets, transfixed

all day by what remains

detached yet correlates.

Best nix this vase entirely.

Avert. Preclude. Forestall.

Best obviate astonishment

at each blossom’s way

of falling into just-the-place.

As if you’ll ever understand.