We search for the one moment of life
A prelude to joy…….
Calm sea
And rower
In an immensity of silence
Dipping steadily
………………………………………
EXPECTATIONS
I cut me out a perfect babe
Of tissue very thin
And then before a cry was heard
Released it to the wind
………………………………………..
THE OLD CHEST
Up lid!
And a hundred musty specters cry out
With memories for one only
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