Mistral
One dull ache in the bone and the hard dry
gusts from the mountainous north where the thin snow
creeps like a lecherous monster night after night
towards the shore ; and the south, moist, southwest wind
heavy with sand and rain and contemptuous air ;
the weight, the pain in the ear drums, and the high
screech cutting the tongue and the teeth apart from time ;
O, a hurricane bent under archways and in the street
a long snake breathing the dust from the opened eyes ;
God, the stone in the heart and the iron under the feet,
the inquisitive fingers quick with a jagged knife
behind the brain ; the old wall worn with spray,
the palm trees thick with salt, the white
stemheaded ships that dive and pant for life ;
there is no sun, and the sea,
waking and raging in a naked dream,
knows neither how to die, nor how to sleep.
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