watched the man lie
again move as if
on strings
mouth words
once meaningful
demeaned by misuse
lay that wreath
those crocodile tears
a slow march
never learned
in the real
just the bought
and sanitized
all that quick march
sans the lonely dead
Edmonton 08: 17 November 12/03
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
Even
-ing
will
come
They
will
sew
the
blue
sail
Ian Hamilton-Finlay
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