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Slowly Rising


Slowly rising
from the smoking blood
the lenses gaze upon
unearthly light:


dying hydrogen
in mindless time
calling, calling
the Word made metal.


Behind the trees,
there are the people,
they will not call him
back again,


he has his blessing
and his destination,
they, in the garden,
naked silence.










copyright © 1998 Gordon Fitch