verse 6
you sat and laughed
& wept & nothing happened
whele your brothers
burned out in spasms
& returned with images
of the wind
you were the uns-een
master of words
who laid the muse
on an alter of energy
& then something from’
a dream seemed to
tell you to move-on
you looked for the muse’s
sister in your sleep
even her mother!
you found you could give
a thousand faces to a lady
in the dark
but she never really changed
give her 80,000 words
to whisper in the dawn
& somehow she never
really changed the sound
you called her different
names to bring her out
but she never moved
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