She wants to “fill it” with …
I want to fill it with colour and ducks,
The zoo
of the new
Whose names
you meditate – April snowdrop, Indian pipe,
Little
Stalk without wrinkle
Pool in which
images should be grand and classical
Not this
troublous wringing of hands , this dark ceiling without a star
1
absolutely beautiful thing.
I want to fill it with color and ducks,
The zoo of the new
2
Whose names you meditate —
April snowdrop, Indian pipe,
Little
3
Stalk without wrinkle,
Pool in which images
Should be grand and classical
4
Not this troublous
Wringing of hands, this dark
Ceiling without a star.
She describes the child’s “clear eye” as …
Your clear eye is the one absolutely beautiful thing.