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It was not Death, for
I stood up,
And all the Dead, lie down -
It was not Night, for all
the Bells
Put out their Tongues, for Noon.
It was not Frost, for on my Knees
Flesh
I felt Siroccos - crawl -
Nor Fire - for just two
my marble feet
Could keep a Chancel, cool -
And yet, it tasted, like
them all,
The Figures I have seen
Set orderly, for Burial,
Reminded me, of mine -
As if my life were shaven,
And fitted to a frame,
And could not breathe
without a key,
And 'twas like Midnight,
some -
When everything that ticked -
has stopped -
And space stares - all around -
Or Grisly frosts - first Au -
tumn
morns,
Repeal the Beating Ground -
But, most, like Chaos -
Stopless - cool -
Without a Chance, or spar -
Or even a Report of Land -
To justify - Despair.
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