letterpress - snapshots

letterpress - snapshots

a table 
of quiet conversation
interspersed
laughter passing
through     splashes
of joy 

ideas leaping
between minds    one
day, containers
for words— 
a cleverly folded map,
bright resin box,
commonplace books— 
another, planning 
an exhibit    admiring
its poster, a complex
printing

across the shop
curved over a marble
surface, two reviewing 
a proof—methodical

pick different paper
print another sheet
replace damaged 
letters    try again

no hurrying here
required: a steady
disposition