John Berryman - Dream Song 45: He stared at ruin. Ruin stared straight back

John Berryman - Dream Song 45: He stared at ruin. Ruin stared straight back

He stared at ruin. Ruin stared straight back. br He thought they was old friends. He felt on the stair br where her papa found them bare br they became familiar. When the papers were lost br rich with pals' secrets, he thought he had the knack br of ruin. Their paths crossed br br and once they crossed in jail; they crossed in bed; br and over an unsigned letter their eyes met, br and in an Asian city br directionless & lurchy at two & three, br or trembling to a telephone's fresh threat, br and when some wired his head br br to reach a wrong opinion, 'Epileptic'. br But he noted now that: they were not old friends. br He did not know this one. br This one was a stranger, come to make amends br for all the imposters, and to make it stick. br Henry nodded, un-.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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