xxxxxxvi.

once upon this street--
I cannot speak--
the unutterable,

the unspeakable
faith--

I cannot say,

a thousand countries and
not one nearer

than the failing thread, I would
bleed to remember,

a hundred moments, not one
nearer than

the shadow on the ceiling,
flailing upon the

the lesser shadow, the
greater dark, the sky

speckled with stars, the
silence,

I draw a thousand borders,
streaming, the silhouette

streaming, a thousand countries
before dawn