Stephen Kuusisto is the author of the poetry collections Only Bread, Only Light and Letters to Borges, as well as the memoirs Have Dog, Will Travel, Planet of the Blind, and Eavesdropping. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he teaches at Syracuse University, where he holds a professorship in the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies.

Waiting

by Stephen Kuusisto

Is part of something: a blue door opens,

Portuguese fishermen walk from a coffee shop

In Providence, Rhode Island—or Lisbon—
And head for the pier with buckets.

Part of something, they ride the sea:
The Atlantic, part of something.

People on couch
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