He came at night to each of us asleep br And trained us in the virtues we most lacked. br Me he admonished to return his stare br Correctly, without fear.Unless I could, br Unblinking, more and more incline br Toward a deep unblinkingness of his, br He would not let me rest.Outside br In the dark of the world, at the foot br Of the library steps, there lurked br A Mercury of rust, its cab half-lit. br (Two worldly forms who huddled there br Knew what they meant.I had no business br br With the things they knew.Nor did I feel myself br Drawn back through Circulation into Reference, br Until I saw how blue I had become, by virtue br Of its five TVs, their monitors abuzz with is's br br Etymologies...