The Red Schoendienst
so much depends
upon
a red schoen
dienst
brushed with spring
shadows
against a green
wall
Patrick Dubuque is a wastrel and a general layabout. Many of the sites he has written for are now dead. Follow him on Twitter @euqubud.
In this commenter’s opinion, Mr. Dubuque is quite correct not to sacrifice objective clarity in order to personalize the image for the reader. The poet presents the Schoendienst, but we are left to ourselves to divine the motives of the object. The Schoendienst is; and thus, are we.