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June 08, 2004
On laps and lapping: I like to see it lap the Miles --
I got on a kick, trying to track down some of Emily Dicksonson's sensual poems. Here is one I was looking for.
#585 (T. Johnson's system)
I like to see it lap the Miles --
By Emily Dickinson
I like to see it lap the Miles --
And lick the Valleys up --
And stop to feed itself at Tanks --
And then -- prodigious step
Around a Pile of Mountains --
And supercilious peer
In Shanties -- by the sides of Roads --
And then a Quarry pareTo fit its Ribs
And crawl between
Complaining all the while
In horrid -- hooting stanza --
Then chase itself down Hill --And neigh like Boanerges --
Then -- punctual as a Star
Stop -- docile and omnipotent
At its own stable door --
June 8, 2004 in Dead Poets, Dickinson, Food and Drink, Going into the Woods, Travel, Turn, Counter-turn, and Stand | Permalink
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