IF THERE IS A SONG by Lyle Daggett

ISBN 1-890193-13-5
45 pages
5 3/8" x 8 3/8"
Trade paper edition, 2001

we have gathered against the continued
ending of the world. an ordinary gesture,
the watering of houseplants.
"...the plow, by itself...fields...overgrown..."
behind the greatness of the cathedral
rests the greatness of the epitaph.
it is the song of lilacs
and tires burning in the streets,
the struggle of coarse bread
and pulsing flags.
a struggle we can touch with our hands
and feet, that can carry us
forward as a mother carries one
of her children.

from 'scrap of song'

(note: this quote is without the proper indents and line spacing as printed in the book)