La Figlia che Piange
Stand on the highest pavement of the stair—
Lean on a garden urn—
Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair— . . .
Stand on the highest pavement of the stair—
Lean on a garden urn—
Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair— . . .
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee, . . .
It was a picture I had after the war.
A bombed English church. I was too young
to know the word English or war, . . .
‘O Jesus Christ! I’m hit,’ he said; and died.
Whether he vainly cursed, or prayed indeed,
The Bullets chirped—In vain! vain! vain!
. . .
Alone with our madness and favorite flower
We see that there really is nothing left to write about.
Or rather, it is necessary to write about the same old things . . .
Before the moths have even appeared
to orbit around them, the streetlamps come on,
a long row of them glowing uselessly . . .
Do nothing and everything will be done,
that's what Mr. Lao Tzu said, who walked
around talking 2,500 years ago and . . .
I don’t say things I don’t want to say
or chew the fat with fat cats just because.
. . .
oh antic God
return to me
my mother in her thirties . . .
because it has no pure products
because the Pacific Ocean sweeps along the coastline . . .