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The light that pours into us
must vanish with time,
but what is the emptiness that draws
darkness upon us?

LF I sing—a simple, separate Person;
Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-masse
Of Physiology from top to toe I sing;
Not physiognomy alone, nor brain alone, is worthy for the muse—I say         the Form complete is worthier far;

Thirst is angry with water
Hunger bitter with bread
The cave wants nothing to do with the sun
This is dumb, the self- defeating way we've been

To Frank
Sometimes when my eyes are red I go up on top of the
CA Building and gaze at my world,
Manhattan— my buildings, streets I’ve done feats in, lofts, beds, coldwater flats —on Fifth Ave below which I also bear in mind, its ant...