In slow sustained consistent vibration all over outside
Tapping window, streaking roof,
running down runnel and drain
Waking a sense, once more, of all that lived outside of us!
–Delmore Schwartz
All that lives outside us
The Gift that grows and guides us
An ocean and a windstorm
And a flame
The sun that warms and feeds us
Though it doesn't need us
I'm pretty sure it loves us
Just the same
Fade into what sustains us
What bleeds and entertains us
What drizzles from above us
Down the drain
by Richard W. Bray
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