Poems, 1913-1956

He has a longing in him : for demise via drowning him : to not move down. And he has a longing in B A L L A D O F· F R I E N D S H I P 1 · Like pumpkins floating seaward Decayed, yet on a unmarried stalk · · In yellow rivers , they simply drifted And performed at playing cards and performed at speak ' Shot at yellow moons and enjoyed one another notwithstanding their love used to be wi th avoided eye : Remained as one many nights jointly and likewise : while the sunlight was once excessive. 2 And whilst the sky, that beast, used to be clouded Amid the challenging eco-friendly undergrowth Like rancid dates they hung there dangling Softly in every one other's mouth. And later, whilst their tooth have been shedding From their jaws, they shunned one another's eye : yet remained as one many nights jointly and in addition : while the solar was once excessive. three within the little shanty-like brothels They happy their our bodies' lust Or in jungle glades in the back of the trees Shared an analogous lady whilst wishes needs to. yet they washed their shirts within the morning Arm in arm they walked and thigh to thigh : Joined as one many nights jointly and likewise : while the solar was once excessive. The Later Devotions and the 1st urban Poems I nine. zo-1 nine . z five four As in the world it grew chillier Roofless and bored they reclined And one of the different creepers they physique to physique lay entwined. speaking jointly within the starlit evenings Their phrases could occasionally move one another via : Joined as one many nights jointly and likewise : while the sunlight was once excessive. five yet eventually they got here to an island the place they either lived many an afternoon And whilst finally either needed to depart it One there has been couldn't break out. and so they watched the winds, the tides and the delivery yet every one heading off the other's eye : Joined as one many nights jointly and in addition : while the sunlight used to be excessive. 6 'Escape when you could, i'm complete ! The salt tides devour into me so the following i will nonetheless lie a bit For every week or if you happen to move. ' And a guy lies ailing by way of the water Mutely he appears to be like at a guy close by Who'd been with him many nights jointly and in addition : whilst the sunlight was once excessive. 7 'I'm mendacity at my ease l zero comrade, be off! ' 'Let it's, comrade, there's no haste . ' 'When the rains come, i f you're n o t long gone b y then we will either one of us rot and waste. ' So a blouse waves, and in salt wind stands a guy gazing the ocean and the fellow close by fifty three The Later Devotions and the 1st urban Poems fifty four 1 nine 2o-1 nine 2 five Who'd been with him many nights jointly and in addition : while the sunlight was once excessive. eight And now got here the day after they parted. Spit out that date ! It has withered away. Nights it used to be winds they have been observing And one will be off day after today. nonetheless they walked jointly, shirts freshly washed Arm in arm and smoking, thigh to thigh Joined as one many nights jointly and likewise : while the solar used to be excessive. nine '0 comrade, the wind fills the sails now ! ' 'The wind will blow until eventually sunrise. ' 'Comrade i encourage you to tie me To that tree there and bind my thighs tight. ' And the opposite guy, smoking, then lashed him Tight with twine to the tree close by : Who'd been with him many nights jointly and in addition : whilst the solar used to be excessive.