The NS Poem: Seeker
Style over points.Ways with a chasuble.O Universe, forgive me:I mock what I revere,but the problem of faithis geometrical, like a pairof semi-detached housesbuilt on a reflected plan:winds of reason scourthe same chimney
while hearths turncoldly from each other.Above St Peter’s gatesare signs that read:Back in five minutes.No whining, please.And there – there is mydead near-love, laughingand crying on both sidesof the party wall.
Will Eaves’s Invasion of the Polyhedrons (CB Editions) is out now
[Further reading: The NS Poem: Now]
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