A Sort of a Song

              

Let the snake wait under 

his weed

and the writing

be of words, slow and quick,sharp

to strike,quiet to wait,

sleepless.

-through metaphor to reconcile

the people and the stones.

Compose. (No ideas 

but in things) Invent!

Saxifrage is my flower that splits

the rocks.

William Carlos Williams (1944)

William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)