Surcharge –

how long should we Wait

for you? You

who Cover

ground in flashes

of insight -- Where

are You going Now, now

that the

Children have grown and you

are Alone -- Take us

in your arms, hold

Us close, we will

Commit to You,

Our Iron Lungs

heaving strong syllables

of Desire; -- We

will be Aware

of the Shift-Change, when

You come

and when you Go -- it

is in these distillate Moments

of Night

that we Form our Hands

around you

and Structure your Body

into being -- We

carve our World

from Memory and

Imagination -- The

Purple cliffs

and Lean Rivers snake

through the Rock -- We

who are blessed

with a second Life secure ourselves

tightly to

the Wind that

can carry us to You,

You who know

Essential things

and Coiled Intent -- We wait

for you, Compliant

and Supple . . .

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