C. H. Sisson
Antres
Shade, shadow less than nothing within my dream,
Less than myself in that you have receded
Within this shell, yet more
In that you have gone further and fared worse, and also because
I pursue you still, and am unpursued
While it is I who am open to every persuasion
Yet within myself
There is no such thing as you are, I miss you
There are caverns you go through like an echoing voice
I am not even the echo
Yet all this is me, for it is not you
I cannot catch at my antres, or you wandering
Nothing therefore
And it is no use representing that as blackness,
Placing sentries, touching upon the walls
Though they drip moistly, suggesting downfall.
Nothing is not pepper or salt, or any taste
Cinnamon, ginger
It does not water the palate or arrose the smell
Can it imagine, holding within itself
The recession of anybody?
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