Recordition

TWO POEMS

RECORDITION

I have hailed you.

Out of centuries, out of aeons,

During this fractional part of an infinitesimal clock-tick

of time,

I have seen you,

And hailed you.

I have yearned toward you,

Burning.

I have looked into your eyes

During this fractional part of an infinitesimal clock-tick

of time.

Quicker than the shadow of a monoplane

Passing over the shadow of a humming-bird,

Shall we two pass,

And be to all men's memory

Inconceivably remote.

Yet it is recorded

That out of all time,

During this fractional part of an infinitesimal clock-tick

of time,

T have seen you and hailed you.

It is recorded!