Poems of Thomas Lux

1. "I Love You Sweatheart" 1/13/2003
2. A Kiss 1/13/2003
3. A Library Of Skulls 1/13/2003
4. A Little Tooth 1/13/2003
5. Gorgeous Surfaces 1/13/2003
6. He Has Lived In Many Houses 1/13/2003
7. Henry Clay's Mouth 1/13/2003
8. Lucky 1/13/2003
9. Marine Snow At Mid-Depths And Down 1/13/2003
10. Motel Seedy 1/13/2003
11. Refrigerator, 1957 1/13/2003
12. The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball 1/13/2003
13. The Road That Runs Beside The River 1/13/2003
14. Torn Shades 1/13/2003
15. Unlike, For Example, The Sound Of A Riptooth Saw 1/13/2003
16. Virgule 1/13/2003

Gorgeous Surfaces

They are, the surfaces, gorgeous: a master
pastry chef at work here, the dips and whorls,
the wrist-twist
squeezes of cream from the tube
to the tart, sweet bleak sugarwork, needlework
toward the perfect lace doily
where sit the bone-china teacups, a little maze
of meaning maybe in their arrangement
sneaky obliques, shadow

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