learning

We are learning [learning]
the steps of the dance [dance]
the come hithers [come]
and withers [withers]
the harlequin heartbreaks of [harlequin]
chagrin and sin [chagrin1]
from fly fallen angels [fallen]
to keen Casanovas [Casanovas]
We’re ridden by fate [fate1]
We’re riddled by fate [fate2]
And the illusions of space [space]
chagrin and shine [chagrin2]
black blood in moonlight [blackblood]
beast on the stair [beast]
feast on the stair [feast]
found in the roodloft [rood]
no reason to be there [there]
moths in a twilight [moths]
sunless Hafren [hafren]
seeking the father [father]
the return to the dream [dream]
the return on the dream [dream2]
the return from the dream [dream3]
petulant peacocks [peacocks]
strutting their fortune [strut]
pockets much deepened [pockets]
by this winter of meaning [meaning]
by a winter of meetings [meeting]

We are learning [learning]
That beyond each line [beyond]
There are other lines moaning [moaning]
Rich in their darkness [rich]
Rich in the darkness [rich2]
Rich with their darkness [rich3]
Rich with the darkness [rich4]
Riddled with guilt [guilt]
Riddled with gilt [gilt]
Riding provisos [provisos]
they come calling [calling1]
they come crawling [crawling1]
come calling [calling2]
come crawling [crawling2]
content to know home [home1]
content to no home [home2]
contempt to no home [home3]
contempt for no home [home4]

We are learning [learning]
ever learning [ever]
to slip shiver-quiver [slip]
to trance; mirror motive [mirror]
Swim to the shoal [swim]
Shim with the shoal [shim]
Authors in oceans [authors1]
Authors of oceans [authors2]
Authors with oceans [authors3]
Authorless oceans [authors4]
Confessed by the current [current]
Emergent [emergent]
Performance [performance]
So wasted on whales [whales]

We are learning [learning]
To weave in thorns [thorns]
To martyr roads [martyr]
As well as feet [feet]
To wake the miles of briared bush [briar]
To earn our errand [errand]
of desert scrub [scrub]

We are learning [learning]
To weave in thorns [thorns]
of martyred rose [martyred]
of flaming bush [bush]
of the fruitless threads [fruitless]
of pageantry [pageantry]

We are learning [learning]
To weave in thorns [thorns]
To martyr roads [martyr]
Instead of feet [instead]
To curse the way [way]
that’s made before [before1]
that’s laid before [before2]
to cherish fork [fork]
and cross [cross]
and snare [snare]

We are learning [learning]
To feast [feasting]
On Heart-sore [heartsore]
Heuristics [heuristics]
Moment within moment [moment]
To be royalty in senses [royalty]
Cloaked in our smiles [cloaked]
To reign without maps [maps]
Without hope- springs [hope]
Without taxes [taxes]
a-bridled [bridled]
but bucking [but]
Waiting [waiting]
Weighting [weighting]
For dane-geld [gold]
Throned [throned]
Foamed [foamed]
by the ocean [ocean]
Kanute! Kanute! [kanute]
Shamed by the shore [shamed]

We are learning [learning]
In tar-pools [tar]
To be fish for a flame [fish]
To be spit-slick [slick]
And laval [laval]
To be devilled [devils]
Deliquescent [Deliquescent]
Abandoned by old ways [old]
Unnervingly new [new1]
unsuited to new [new2]
unlikely as new [new3]
disabled by new [new4]
disgustingly new [new5]
present and new [new6]
unashamedly new [new7]
evolved to the new [new8]

We are learning [learning]
Mitigation [mitigation]
‘gainst harshness and oceans [harshness]
‘gainst hardness of oceans [hardness]
The commandings of chaos [command]
Unstintingly vast [vast]
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We are learning [learning2]
of limits [limits]
with a sweet river-maiden [river]
a bound silver tear [tear]
from the heart of the land. [land]
For she will eat salmon [salmon]
Called to come home [called]
Fated to know death [death]
Destined to no fate [fate]
gravel-trapped [gravel]
in her bed [bed]