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I’ve known, I’ve seen, I’ve heard, I’ve felt:
I know how the day will end
And night begin, and how the stars
Peep out in turn, ‘fore clouds cover them.
How words follow words, and words, and words
Breath comes over breath, then passes on
But words never never, never end;
Misplacing dreams and imaginings.

Wrinkles, so soft, and cracking bones,
Loosening tongues, the [...]

Thinking, thinking all these thoughts
A heady numbness o’ertakes me
The breath comes slow, raising, rising—falls.
Sleep eludes, yet languor seeks me

The ground, the world spins slow, oh so slowly.
Heart break, tears fall, in torments unholy.
I find a voice, but hear too much;
Hence I am dumb, with stark horror merely.

And dumbness I find in every voice,
Muteness, eyes up, [...]