How distant, the departure of young men br Down valleys, or watching br The green shore past the salt-white cordage br Rising and falling. br br Cattlemen, or carpenters, or keen br Simply to get away br From married villages before morning, br Melodeons play br br On tiny decks past fraying cliffs of water br Or late at night br Sweet under the differently-swung stars, br When the chance sight br br Of a girl doing her laundry in the steerage br Ramifies endlessly. br This is being young, br Assumption of the startled century br br Like new store clothes, br The huge decisions printed out by feet br Inventing where they tread, br The random windows conjuring a street.