STILL, CITIZEN SPARROW
Richard Wilbur
Still, citizen sparrow, this vulture which you call
Unnatural, let him but lumber again to air
Over the rotten office, let him bear
The carrion ballast up, and at the tall
Tip of the sky lie cruising. Then you’ll see
That no more beautiful bird is in heaven’s height,
No wider more placid wings, no watchfuller flight;
He shoulders nature there, the frightfully free,
The naked-headed one. Pardon him, you
Who dart in the orchard aisles, for it is he
Devours death, mocks mutability,
Has heart to make an end, keeps nature new.
Thinking of Noah, childheart, try to forget
How for so many bedlam hours his saw
Soured the song of birds with its wheezy gnaw,
And the slam of his hammer all the day beset
The people’s ears. Forget that he could bear
To see the towns like coral under the keel,
And the fields so dismal deep. Try rather to feel
How high and weary it was, on the waters where
He rocked his only world, and everyone’s.
Forgive the hero, you who would have died
Gladly with all you knew; he rode that tide
To Ararat; all men are Noah’s sons.
Why would you link to an interview with Dugin? You want your audience to read that shit? What the fuck is wrong with you? I thought you were one of the good guys.
ReplyDeleteI should have added more context - this was recommended by a friend who says keep an eye out, this is coming down Shitlord Pike. I've seen the term used by others of shitlord bent .
Deletespeaking of noah, as wilbur's poem does, reminds me of a conversation i had seven years ago with my older brother - we were both in salem, massachusetts, visiting our hospitalized aunt during her last illness - we had both seen the recently released film starring russell crowe as noah
ReplyDeletei asked if he believed in the literal truth of the story - that every snake, mouse, and bird in new england was descended from passengers on the ark - he said he did
recently he has made it clear he thinks that the presidential election was stolen from trump
last week he sent me by snailmail a dvd of "obamagate" the movie - starring dean cain and kristy swanson - as well as a mailing he'd received from congressman devin nunes on which he'd written "if you don't have a subscription to judicial watch, i suggest you get one"