family poem

did you ever see an alligator
in new york harbor
she might have known it in the earlier spring
love has been sung a thousand ways
in their ragged regimentals
see, from this counterfeit of him
up and down he goes
who will be naming the wind
so lost
let me move slowly through the street
it is true that you say the gods are more use to you than fairies
three years ago today
pharaoh, king of egypt's land
why do