17 August 2013

2225

2225
Black on the white marble strut
You priest of nature,
Ecclesiastical bird,
Who'd pause to fix a congregant
With a yellow interrogatory eye,
Who'd overtop herself
With that small importance
Of all who dream enfolded
In that which does not;
Once of stars, I too
Your gaze exchange on smooth stone,
Immortal too to us.