northumberland
weight-heavy grey age-stone
thick-walled hunch-house villages
nurturers of pre-england
a dubai tornado marred flew to kuwait
a land-air-missile huntress counted the well-worn expected four
got five---friend or destroy
no cancel---no wait---no time---you choose
your child is here
you choose
the navigator's funeral
the rite shock-hearted coarse grief paused
four tornados flew steam low
black crescendo
steam low
one
but-one
but-one-rose
one-rose
one-rose-up
rose-up
up
cloud-up
high-cloud-up
high-up
high-up-beyond
up-beyond
beyond
beyond-vision
up-beyond-vision
beyond-vision
vision
grief-heavy grey death-stone
thick hunch-walled silent villages
nurture post-war numb
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