In the morning the goats were saying hey hey hey
from the maquis and later, in the evening,
they were saying ha ha ha
from the boat, the raw cliffs of southwest crete
and a little tiny cloud like a thin handkerchief, worn
to diaphaneity, clinging to the black
jaw of a cave
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