Francis Ponge.
 
Red Dust: 1987. First edition. Staplebound pamphlet. Near fine. 
 
"Rain is not the only mark that hyphenates
the earth and sky for there are other sorts
less intermittent
and so much denser        that a breeze
enough to make it tremble
won’t carry off the fabric.
If it manages         in season
to detach some minor matter
that it subsequently strains to whirl to dust
in the end we recognize
that nothing has been lost."