It has a wonderfully cloudlike shape, Dom--one that looks as if it's
shifting or drifting right before our eyes; it has a _body_ that it's about
to lose, which is very affecting--Candice
> Amendment: "the shanks" to "our shanks". I tried reformatting, but in the
> end had to acknowledge the typography as it stands. This was written fairly
> quickly. I think it gets the job done.
>
> - Dominic
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "domfox" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Contribution to Alison's initiative
>
>
>> The sky is not broken,
>> not fallen;
>> it is the same veil
>> no shriek can tear.
>> Of rending we have had
>> plenty
>> upon plenty.
>> The sky is our prison.
>> The shanks
>> grow long as shadows.
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