I saw the slot of the sun The final cut of the sun Start like a hare Over the shoddy grey walls I saw you dimple and crease Turn a card from the pack by your bed As those swords, cups, discs, and wands Might tumble into your head And give you a glimmer of something profound But your gods lay no sound The gods made no sound Your gods made no sound
You were cartwheel and somersault But not at your ease I was not at my ease As through unfolding vistas Of dullness and deadness I saw the metal buckets Fatigued and buckled With nimbus of rustflowers And sheds by the lake I was already falling And fallen and lost And it was not at your cost And I was not at my ease And it was not at your cost
By aimless pools with no surprise I counted the flickerings of your eyes And I saw the magical bird In the magical woods Fly over the hills And far away From the sea, it's you I see By the glowing seashore, it was you that I saw The magical bird in the magical woods