contemplate a chilly dark

song 21


Snows' night's winds on the window rattling
Would seem to leap out of the bed-spring

What prevents a feat like that occurring
Reason-but the more actual bedding

Springs of steel mercurial spirallings
making a body's night a changeable singing

The winged boots of the frozen seek of it! sheltering
Safety from the window's pommelling












                                     Louis Zukofsky        
























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