vowel doomsday

sickle moon, antelucan sky
skies that have before deceived
deserve our scoff wherefore derived
sickle moon, antelucan sky

gray & apricot, clouds of sepia under
& buildings as i pass them splinter
yet plan as if tomorrow still will vend
gray & apricot, clouds of sepia under

British Women Poets of the long Eighteenth Century.

"In bland buildings with concrete cornices, everything is decided." --The Gold Bug Variations

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