Oh, nice sharp turns, Lawrence.
Whether widdershins or not....
Doug
On 3-May-06, at 11:58 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> There's a rough-made weathercock towards the beach,
> just now with a blackbird singing joy
> at the top of the metre-long upright,
> 4 inch square unplaned,
> a very big I against an empty sea.
> Either side are wired S and N,
> Last evening E was dark in gloom
> This morning, though, E stands out doubled,
> itself turned widdershin and itself reversed,
> a shadow readable, spelling S E N and N E S,
> blood and its opposite, instant coffee
>
> I wrack my brain in charged free sunlight
> still reading the injunction - sin -
> while Eden becomes NEED
>
>
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