Ix: the Vendor's Plea

Darest V.C. – Did not we notice their appearance? Did not we hear the elders speak? Darest V.C. – We saw their assorted trumpets With assorted chameleon voices they came; Some: mere relics of the ancient tree; Some: mere effigies of the orient tree; Some: mere voices of the occident tree; From far off the vendors spoke – Performing rustic rites in city shrines! – Darest V.C. – Then spoke the vendors to the heavy ears of the gods: “Let the birds to the communal nest again.”