13. Michael Burkard, "a cloud of dusk"

I am prepared to like this poem, by a poet I have no previous acquaintance with, "because of the because clauses." That's good. Or, "one night sleeping with two cats / Big and Little / and i am serious about those names." The speaker appears to be psychologically impaired in some undefinable way, paranoid or recovering from drug addiction? 8.5.

When I say I want poetry that does something on the surface of the language, I am not calling for a poetry of only surface. On the other hand, if I say, strip away the surface crap, I am not calling for a poetry of dull, desultory language.