JANE, Jane, br Tall as a crane, br The morning light creaks down again; br br Comb your cockscomb-ragged hair, br Jane, Jane, come down the stair. br br Each dull blunt wooden stalactite br Of rain creaks, hardened by the light, br br Sounding like an overtone br From some lonely world unknown. br br But the creaking empty light br Will never harden into sight, br br Will never penetrate your brain br With overtones like the blunt rain. br br The light would show (if it could harden) br Eternities of kitchen garden, br br Cockscomb flowers that none will pluck, br And wooden flowers that 'gin to cluck. br br In the kitchen you must light br Flames as staring, red and white, br br As carrots or as turnips shining br Where the cold dawn light lies whining. br br Cockscomb hair on the cold wind br Hangs limp, turns the milk's weak mind . . .