The River in the Sky by Clive James
Author:Clive James
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Regard Watteau’s morose pierrots –
Or at best equipped with a fou rire –
Sibilant in their painted silk:
The embarkation for Cythera
On the double-ended ferry
From Circular Quay
The journey through the mirror
On the old South Steyne
To where I am now
In the valley of reflections
That fuse and then dissolve
First the multiplicity –
A storm of definitions –
And then the glow of fire
As the frantic horses burn
In the red light district
Of Hiroshima
Picasso did his best
When he chose his screaming horse
To find the outer limits
Of panic and of pain,
But life would soon outdo him
With chambers full of children
Aware that they were choking
In a fog even their mothers
Would not be able to undo
Qué làstima, ohimè lasso
And far away from them
Two children who escaped
Were me and you
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