SNAPSONG 238
The food which ate my dream
Had no teeth to call its own
Canines which sprang out of the mouth
Like the spikes of a laughing comb
The shoe which bit the shoemaker’s foot
Came straight out of a leopard’s skin
Trodden countless times without compassion
From pebbled patches to thorny spots
The song sang the singer
And the hearer trembled between the lines
The wind which came between the trees
Laid limp between the lips
The night’s silence shouted
So loud the roof rattled below the sky
The corrugated whisper above the moon
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Relieved the stars of their soundless wait
Those who shun the light
Need not regret their lack of shadows
They who plant the midnight rainbow
Will reap a famine of eyes
Every house we build
Finds habitation in our inner selves
The wardrobes therein
Wear us like absent costumes