FAS




Prison break!

  the single-idea bolt shot back!

    the grillwork

      of syllogism

lake loose!

  the unyielding walls, square,

    sharp-cornered,

      fallen flat out

to total openness!


       certain isolations:

       the diminished moon over cold

       sea;  
     
       introduction of rocks  
     
       and shrubs -- the

       multiform land:



guilt diffused in limitless air:

punishment

    glittered dim among turning deep-sea schools:

      the unknown -- pointless, vacant, blunt:

                                  emptiness!


                                  say everything again:

                                  say everything over:



      cluck the words out of configuration,

      into confguration:

      remake:


            ramble:


            nothing has been established:

            the forms have not been placed:

            the mixers are not ready:


               the man will hear no answer:

               he is not listening:

               his heart knows shapeless music:

               he is turned loose:

               the prison is broken
           
 
 
 
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