Mary Ruefle




The Tenor of Your Yes

If you were lonely
and you saw the earth
you’d think here is
the end of loneliness
and I have reached it by myself.

If you were sad
and you saw the kitchen
you’d think here is
the end of sadness
and they have prepared it
for me.

Turner painted his own
sea monsters, but hired
someone else to do
“small animals.”
Apparently he could do
a great sky, but not
rabbits.

Much like god at the end.