the sketch (version two)

a shaded line
can be illuminating
by adding layers
of surrounding shadow,
echoing history, passing
hollow notes of a harpsichord
permeating the evening air.
peaks of poles
at five o’clock attention,
the masts rendered
with single strokes
of pencil.
drawn in this light,
the shadows fall out of frame
and out on to the floor
that once was a harbor.