VI. Smeerenburg and the Whale-Oil Rush
and the Splendid Splinter. For a few dreamy dollars,Again awaken from your being gone to find
And I would likeOf a far barn, just where the road curves sharply
Toward something that the world is pointing towardClose at the end of distance the two Chose
Although December's frost killed the winter crop,Seized from creation by nonentity,
Never does any motion, sound, or lightVII. Hudson and His Strait; Baffin and His Bay
Down the long course of the gray slush of thingsAnd beyond, the same sound of bees
I do not betray you, I still go forward,Its consciousness of my white consciousness,
Life, or only joy, that stands outXIV. Franz Josef Land: The Amazing Drift of the Tegetthoff
Silence. Your way of being. Your way of seeingAnd the worlds—skiffs rudderless, rolling on—
|
|