A Sort of a Song

[purejuice]

Let the snake wait under
his weed
and the writing
be of words, slow and quick, sharp
to strike, quiet to wait,
sleepless.
-- through metaphor to reconcile
the people and the stones.
Compose. (No ideas
but in things) Invent!
Saxifrage is my flower that splits
the rocks.

-- William Carlos Williams

Comments

[tuscendi]

Reminds me of a line in Tennessee Williams' play, CAMINO REAL: "The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks."

[purejuice]

oh, lovely, thank you.