(1) * * . . . h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & a man who would become. . . . broad & rounded . . . mixed & not the flesh of . . . (2) . . . . . . . . . unclean . . . . . . . . . hard stone . . . . . . . . a man of . . . . . . . . clean & thighs are long & thin & toes are thin & long was from the second vault spends 6 parts in the house of light 3 in the pit of darkness is his time of birth the festival of taurus will grow poor his beast is taurus (3) wa * h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . & the head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of terror . . . wingy teeth & fingers of his hands are thick thighs thick & hairy toes are thick & short spends 8 parts in the house of darkness 1 part in the house of light a man . . . Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUSE OF DUST: 1 by CONRAD AIKEN SPOKEN AT A CASTLE GATE by DONALD (GRADY) DAVIDSON INTERRACIAL by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE LONESOME CHILD by KATHERINE MANSFIELD CHILD OF MY HEART by EDWIN MARKHAM |