Lay hands upon the wounds
James Williamson 1966 (United States)
lay hands upon the wounds
in the tangle of the mire
beggars, beggars
disjoin yourselves
put hunger above anger
and shatter
the needs, the needs
the waves crash on the rocks below the cliff
dispositioned on the ledge
hang in there, hang, hang
hang
on to the bosom feeder
the Fruadian slipper
it’s glass and it will shatter
upon delivery of the sender
scream, scream
lean back and up
the moon, the stars
(are veiled and hidden)
step back
and look without the foreground
at a lighted ship
a feast-a’hover
the scurvied lot of divers
long-winded swimmers all
oh, the sea, the sea
the gravity sea
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Written on April 20, 1990
Submitted by Scarletrush on March 28, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABXCCX XXDDCCCC XXXXXXXABXE E |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 602 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 11, 1 |
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