“Harm,”an Excerpt from SALIENT, the Just-Published Book-Length Poem from Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. (poetry ’09)
HARM Just north of Railway Wood British Trench Map Sheet: 28 NW 4 Ypres We are no longer confused about harm. Harm is in specific locations. I.5.d.9.1, for example, the small field 100 yards due east of Gully Farm. We strive to remain unattached, without attraction or aversion to material forms. The way Phillips and Mercer did, who understood such distinctions. Most of them is still missing.