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A THIRD WITH ONLY GOOD
SITTING ALL ALONE BY THIS WALL
OF SANDS AND BRICKS, WOUNDED TROUBADOR
LISTENNING TO THE SAD SONG
FROM BLUNT BEAKS OF THE STRANGE BIRD
FLYING HIGH AND FLYING LOW OVER ME.
WONDERING OVER TURFS, PATHS TRODDEN AND UNTRODDEN
BY MY MIND AND MINDS BEFORE ME
KNOWN PATHS
PATHS NEVER TO BE KNOWN
KNOWN CO TRAVELLERS
AS THE FRIENDS WITH MY PRESENT SOULLESS BODY
UNKNOWN CO TRAVELLERS
AS THE BIRD WITH THE BLUNT BEAK
HUMMING FAST HIS SONG
THOUGHTS FAILING FOR A WHILE AND YET AGAIN FAILING
TO COME A-FIXED WITHIN
IN A SUBLIMING KILN
OF HALF JOY AND HALF SADNESS
WITH PARTS OF EACH IN COMBAT,
OF DARTS AND SPOKES OF FIRE AND WRATH
A THIRD WITH ONLY GOOD AND GRACE CAME IN
AND ALL OTHERS CAME FAST
IN PROSTRATE SUBMISSION THEY LAY.
BUILT WITH A ROUNDNESS OF THE PRECIOUS
AND CAPPED WITH A JOYOUS BEIGN
LOVING AND EVER TO BE LOVED
WITH A HEART FOR ALL TIMES
AND A MIND OF GOLD
SAILING PERRLESS ABOVE
LEAVING ALL DIRT BEHIND
A THIRD WITH ONLY GOOD AND GRACE CAME IN
AND ALL OTHERS CAME FAST
IN PROSTRATE SUBMISSION THEY LAY.
WITH THOUGHTS, STRANGE AND GRAND
UNCOMMON IN OUR MIDST TERRESTIAL
BUT LACED WITH DISTANT DESIRED WISDOM
AND ENWROUGHT WITH DESIRABLE CALMNESS
SERENE, AND SO CAPTIVATING
TOUCHING DIVINITY'S DIVINE HELMS
A THIRD WITH ONLY GOOD AND GRACE CAME IN
AND ALL OTHERS CAME FAST
IN PROSTRATE SUBMISSION THEY LAY.
AND I BEHELD
SPACIOUS GOODNESS CAPSULIZED
AND WORDS UNSPOKEN FLEW THROUGH ME
IN A CAPLET OF ADORATION
AS MAJESTY'S SPLENDOUR
MY BEIGN ENWRAPPED
'MOST DESIRRED ARE YOU'
THEY WENT FORTH IN FLIGHTS
SWIFTER THAN WORDS
TO A PRIESTESS AND A SACRED PEICE
OF NATURES' EXCELLING GIFTS
A THIRD WITH ONLY GOOD AND GRACE CAME IN
AND THAT THIRD WAS YOU CHYNNIN.
