第944章 哦我的反派父亲（4）（2 / 2）

TheImaginaryIceberg

We’dratherhavetheicebergthantheship,

althoughitmeanttheendoftravel.

Althoughitstoodstock-stilllikecloudyrock

andalltheseaweremovingmarble.

We’dratherhavetheicebergthantheship;

we’dratherownthisbreathingplainofsnow

thoughtheship’ssailswerelaiduponthesea

asthesnowliesundissolveduponthewater.

Osolemn,floatingfield,

areyouawareanicebergtakesrepose

withyou,andwhenitwakesmaypastureonyoursnows?

Thisisasceneasailor’dgivehiseyesfor.

Theship’signored.Theicebergrises

andsinksagain;itsglassypinnacles

correctellipticsinthesky.

Thisisascenewherehewhotreadstheboards

isartlesslyrhetorical.Thecurtain

islightenoughtoriseonfinestropes

thatairytwistsofsnowprovide.

Thewitsofthesewhitepeaks

sparwiththesun.Itsweighttheicebergdares

uponashiftingstageandstandsandstares.

Thisicebergcutsitsfacetsfromwithin.

Likejewelryfromagrave

itsavesitselfperpetuallyandadorns

onlyitself,perhapsthesnows

whichsosurpriseuslyingonthesea.

Good-bye,wesay,good-bye,theshipsteersoff

wherewavesgiveintooneanother’swaves

andcloudsruninawarmersky.

Icebergsbehoovethesoul

(bothbeingself-madefromelementsleastvisible)

toseethemso:fleshed,fair,erectedindivisible.