For instances ("O would I were where I would be," continued)

iii

Ne'er did sky and
water grace. Again. To sing

as sing were many — we
were what words were not

be: slippered, and startled,
drank and drawling. We called

— - — - —

things by wrong names,
reiterant and rolling. To coin

and carry. Things came out
dots — only and woes. End-

ing with sky, and beginning.




iv

We were where whole
words weren't — we carried

them on our backs, and slept
on them as sheets. Many

— - — - —

appeared, and many
candled about below. Never

did sky, slung low
as loaded.






[A continuation of yesterday's entry in my "For instances" series; explanation and context are here. The rest of the sequence can be found here, here, here, here and here.]