Tatters of a Hungry Shirt
[A]
What do you have to do
With them, clamped shut
By rules of etiquette? Run
Into the field where sun
Shines on the grass, and Mother awaits you with Her milk heavy breast.
Touch the earth with Your lips. Enjoy this Ecstatic gift given free!
[B] When we were born, There was so much Clarity in our eyes
That people walking Down the street used To bend over, and dip Their hands in that.
But now the mirrors are Scratched and peeling.
They no longer reflect The Face, and we are Hungry for that light Dance, which we recall.
[C] Searching for you, I have only polished This knife of intellect.
I have read many philosophers, Heard many wise men speak About you, tasted the wine of Beauty, wrote song and poetry.
Yet I find myself in the crib, Where I was at the beginning. And I am sick of being an infant.
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