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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dreaming time has reversed, I watch drowned snow<BR>
XVIII. The Northeast and Northwest Passages<BR>Covering the land—<BR>
Event, the end of the painted road ends up<BR>The paths of childhood.<BR>
giddy as good kids playing hookey. Now,<BR>—The place the road ends, that patch of white paint<BR>
Looms in the air, deliberate and slow,<BR>Lucky the bell—still full and deep of throat,<BR>
Looms in the air, deliberate and slow,<BR>Of a far barn, just where the road curves sharply<BR>
When I am heard, and what I say is solely<BR>And I would like<BR>
with visors. Their brave recreational vehicles<BR>At these masses the snow hides from me.<BR>
Away, my songs, must we go<BR>That rings, with faithful tongue, its pious note<BR>
As if your absence now concluded long ago.<BR>And piled up at the base of the columns<BR></FONT></DIV>
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