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FP OLLOW this path. The reeds make way for you Down to flat water of the lake at duskBare lichetred sticks, reflected juts of stone: See! you disturb the ducks to skimming flight, Dissolving formations. Sit here alone (A flat stone waits for you)’and watch sharp rain Spot the dull water over snakes of weed, While frog-sound, moon-glow, grow over the lake. This is your tranquil moment; do not ask Forgiveness of the shadows beyond your sight: Here is perception given, day’s self destroyed. One hour, or halt, ago, you might have watched . The bush-green shoreline and the polished west: Now all is cleansed of colour, precise of sound, Branched silhouettes against a shrouded moon. See how the rain draws down Last cold light gutters and the dismal frogs Groan into silence. Pitch here, construct, understand
You are alone. * ~~
C.K.
Stead
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 820, 15 April 1955, Page 15
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