Given
Two half-moon
hubcaps off a ’56 Chevy
A garland of
seaweed
A pair of beach-glass
earrings shaped like the
history
of Buddhism in America
A rusted compass
rose
A ticket to see
The Flying Burrito Brothers
at
Ash Grove, Los Angeles, November 7, 1969
A
barnacle-encrusted horse shoe
Chuang Tzu’s
butterfly
The rhyme scheme
from Gerard Manley Hopkins’ Pied Beauty
Eskimo pajamas
Received
A knowing look
from brown eyes that have seen the things
I only thought I
saw
