Where does this all end? What is the vanishing
XVIII. The Northeast and Northwest PassagesIn realms of dingy gloom and deep crevasse
At the end of the road. Even if they are staringIs it almost honey, is it snow?
"Now it's my turn to sing!"The paths of childhood.
Not daring to opposeEverywhere, utterly.
their bellies, they're out cold, instantaneouslyOut of the road into a way across
And then I go on until I am beneath an archway,Toward . . . that seems to be the whispered question
Dreaming time has reversed—and you,and the Splendid Splinter. For a few dreamy dollars,
Silence. Your way of being. Your way of seeingGreen lilac buds appear that won't survive
and the numbed yards will go back undercover.Toward the still dab of white that oscillates
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