“And Tailing the Romantics” I: Santa Casa
A song in scattered groups: the smile first; the question,
face-determined, prompts his accents and his actions,
his voice - conditions conditioned as conditioned;
force - determining determined as determined -
its composition expressed, here, as an action.
The eye that took her tidings, rustling cable-side:
earth's coarsest bread, latticed stem, the blood red signal.
Face appeal - then the real subjects become unreal.
Conjecture whispers: “There! A twofold history!
See that, free from rust, my carbine lock springs worthy!”
Glitters in the gale, scarce the summer luxury
self love - its peacetime situation precisely
(that sought, once loved, what cravens shunned with more than zeal).
Amorous, let the armorer dispose with speed:
boldly, strange, or uninvited did step (doubtless)
danger's day. The careless eye, blood that dims its shine -
on, won on, and make - concert to the strand til grates.
“Here: material of state is human beings!”
She swings, and gathering him who crawls enamored,
hand grasps hand, the corslet cloak uniting one hour.
Exigency - apace in time, at war, self sought -
had best believe no prey by beast, nor plans amiss.
The life snatched of life, it is not their own life's course;
the busy spring is set, they are the active force.
Exigency - the circumstance, caprice, and choice:
determinations, established through third. Not self,
but rather awe - an alien mind as its law,
sealed (as holy register) in Santa Casa:
trust - production as the product of its product.
“Joy - and in ev'ry fond joy change, regret supply.”