Rising and setting, the two sky figures Swing through the narrow cloud train. They cut the sky into long blue ribbons Like the sense of rising in the cold rain.
Bones bulge out of oaks They harden on the red wind, And time’s conviction moves them From book to rigid book end.
Meanwhile, the fires are breeding and beating Holes into hollow opinions. We slip into never speaking And preciously guard our own dominions.
Fear grows out of hope Then hardens on the red wind. And sad convictions move them From book to ragged book end.