will you believe my
Mouth,
that climbs with Late-
Minded things up there
around the
Time-Courts,
you come to the Host
of the Twice-Using among
the Angels,
Silence-Enraged
Stars.
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insurmountablewhile Awake,we sleep across, to the Gateof Mercy,I lose you to you, thatis my Snow-Comfort,say, that Jerusalem is,say, as if I were thisyour Whiteness,as if you weremine,as if without us we could be we,I open your leaves, forever,you bless, you bedus free.
The Trumpet-Part
Text-Voidat Torch-Height,in the Time-Hole:listen inwith your Mouth.
Little Night: when you
up there,three Pain-Inches abovethe Floor:all the Shroud-Coats of Sand,all the Help-Nots,all, that stilllaughswith the Tongue –
not on my lips look for your mouth,
not in the eye for the tear.seven nights higher red makes for red,seven hearts deeper the hand knocks on the gate,seven roses later plashes the fountain.
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