Of the Surface of Things

Wallace Stevens

I
In my room, the world is beyond my understanding;
But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four hills
  and a cloud.

                       u
From my balcony, I survey the yellow air,
Reading where I have written,
"The spring is like a belle undressing."

                      II
The gold tree is blue.
The singer has pulled his cloak over his head.
The moon is in the folds of the cloak.