Prodigal landscape scouted its three great
species down from skyfall, rigged centerpiece
to rational memory, though remiss
in clouded winter. The members, spatulate
for holiday fingerings, inward are dark;
smooth, outsoaring bulk gleams strange. Where grace
sloughs ease, feeling unfrozen plays.
Mock boy, mock girl: soft answers find their mark.
It would be simple, launched, to take a tumble.
You end dispute, brought to its lowest term.
Only a habit holds of standing firm
on sand or rabbity pumice – there, dissemble
vainly. The mountains have not approved
your playfulness; nor do they care to be loved.
(Kendrick Smithyman)
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