fe a th e r to fe a th e r ad d ed

(and w h a t is m in eral, w h a t
is curling h air, th e strin g
yo u c a rry in y o u r nervous beak , th ese

m ake bu lk , these, in th e end, are

th e sum

o m y lad y of good voyage

in w hose arm , w hose left arm rests
no h o y b u t a carefully carv ed w ood, a p a in te d face, a sc h o o n e r !
a delicate m a st, as b o w -sp rit for

fo rw ard in g

th e u n d e rp a rt is, th o u g h stem m ed, u n c e rta in

is, as sex is, as m oneys are, f a c ts !
facts, to be d e a lt w ith , as th e sea is, th e d em an d
t h a t th e y be p lay ed by, t h a t th e y only can be, t h a t th e y m u st
be play ed by, said he, coldly, th e
e a r!

B y ear, he sd.
B u t th a t w hich m a tte rs , t h a t w hich in sists, th a t w hich will la st,
th a t! o m y people, w here shall you find it, how , w here, w here shall
[you listen
w hen all is becom e billboards, w hen, all, even silence, is sp ray -g u n n ed ?

w hen even our b ird , m y roofs,

c a n n o t be h e ard

w hen even you, w hen sound itself is neoned in?

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