Protest

Houses cutting the sky,

Words cutting the paper,

The helpful books

Stencilling the too crisp silhouettes-

"Come we will show you what you do not see" -

The gables on the houses, the sun on the windows, the

chimneys-

Down to the geraniums in the windows !-

The men in the houses loving the women

Because they have yellow hair, or blue eyes,

Or red hair-

Because . . . because...

Making love definite,

Giving love an edge... .

Nowhere does life

Create a crystal nothing

That the mind may slip down

Blue voids

And find its own dream.

BRIDGES

Founding a constant grandeur

On inconstant sand,