First Line: THESE DECIBELS %ARE A KIND OF FLAGELLATION, AN ENTITY OF SOUND Last Line: YET KNOWING WHERE MEN ARE COMING FROM. IT IS THIS, TO HOLD THE %CANDLE UP TO THE ALBUM
Poem Sources:
POSTMODERN AMERICAN POETRY: A NORTON ANTHOLOGY. HOOVER, PAUL (ED.) (1994)
THE MOORING OF STARTING OUT; THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF POETRY. ASHBERY, JOHN (1997)