Le Feu-Follet, By John Doucet
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In the earth’s gravid bed
A small unchristened head
In laced white linen dressed
Calm, unsimpering rests.
Fleshless ire vapors free,
Low floats over night sea
With silent vexing finds
Sleepless fishermen’s minds
Earthly play ended fast.
A vigorous spirit lasts
And unlanguishing vents
In pure malevolence.
From “Uncommonplace: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisana Poets,” edited by Ann Brewster Dobie (Louisana State University Press: 256 pp., $19.95 paper)