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| A part of you the minute they appear. It is as though workmen in blue overalls | ||
| Were constantly bringing on new props and taking others away: that is how you feel the drama going past you, powerless to act in it. | ||
| To have it all be over! To wake suddenly on a hillside | ||
| With a valley far below-- the clouds-- |
| That is the penance you have already done: | ||
| January, March, February. We You are living toward a definition |  | |
| Of the peaceful appetite, then you see | ||
| Them standing round limp and hungry like adjacent clouds. |
| Soon there is to be exchange of ideas and | ||
| Far more beautiful handshake, under the coat of | ||
| Weather is undecided right now. | ||
| Postpone the explanation. | ||
| The election is to be held tomorrow, under the trees. |
| You felt the months keep coming up | ||
| And it is December again, | ||
| The snow outside. Or is it June full of sun | ||
| And the prudent benefits of sun, but still the postman comes. | ||
| The true meaning of some of his letters is slight-- |
| Another time I thought I could see myself. | ||
| This too proved illusion, but I could deal with the way | ||
| I keep returning on myself like a plank | ||
| Like a small boat blown away from the wind. |
| It all ends in a smile somewhere, | ||
| Notes to be taken on all this, | ||
| And you can see in the dark, of which the night | ||
| Is the continuation of your ecstasy and apprehension. |
