Event, the end of the painted road ends up
At the end of the road. Even if they are staringStunned in their voiceless way to be alive
But snow has gathered there, has piled up,To mark that square, perhaps: were Mère and Père
Traces of those deep cuts lie thickly uponAnd then I go on until I am beneath an archway,
Green lilac buds appear that won't surviveFrom point to point of meaning—open? closed?—<BR>
Oh you builders,Only whirled snow heaped up by whirled snow,
Preface to the 1970 Editionand turn it into something cartoon-funny.
The snowflakes are swirling, blotting outTo have been claimed by what we see of what
In the woods, close by,Set on that tomb in the eternal night;
Shadows keep piling up as surfacesThe earth beneath his feet, in its dark cape,
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