Hav′nt You?
So stately they ascend –
It is as Swans – discarded
You,
For Duties Diamond –
Their Liquid Feet go softly out
Opon a Sea of Blonde –
They spurn the Air, as ′twere
too mean
For Creatures so renowned –
Their Ribbons just beyond the eye –
They struggle – some – for Breath –
And yet the Crowd applaud,
below –
They would not encore – Death –
The Gilded Creature strains –
and spins –
¦
Trips frantic in a Tree –
Tears open her imperial Veins –
And tumbles in the Sea –
The Crowd – retire with an Oath –
The Dust in Streets – go down –
And Clerks in Counting Rooms
Observe – ′′′Twas only a Balloon′′ –
The Zeros taught Us – Phosphorus –
We learned to like the Fire
By handling Glaciers – when a Boy –
And Tinder – guessed – by power
Of Opposite – to equal Ought –
Eclipses – Suns – imply –
Paralysis – our Primer +dumb
Unto Vitality –
+ numb –