R. Winters

like a wife
seeking a psychic

or patient rejoicing
in listening doctor

the vessel reflects
what is put into it

exhausted receptacle
embracing pains

and exuding
echoes

a mendicant asks
and receives what he asks for

a wayfarer hopes
and has hope mirrored

breathes, and so ingests
his own aspirations.

the art of inquiry
is usually uninvestigated

as the question
often entangles a clue.