Ova. Among. The. Neighbours.

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Ova. Among. The. Neighbours.

(The drama of)

a human consciousness

(played to the inattentive audience

of the Infinite)

gyrates

on the egoвБ†вАФaxis

intoxicates

with the cosmic

proposition of being it

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Till the inconsiderate

competitional

brunt

of its similars

informs it

of several millions

вАЬpulling the same stuntвАЭ

this consciousness within her

uncurled itself upon the rollers of objective experience

printing impressions

vaguely and variedly

upon Ova

In place of the more formulate education

coming naturally

to the units of a national instigation

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New Life

when it inserts itself into continuity

is disciplined

by the family

reflection

of national construction

to a proportionate posture

in the civilized scheme

deriving

definite contours

from tradition

personality

being mostly

a microcosmic

replica

of institutions

Indigenous neighbours

before their hearths

pile up their Gods

вАФsightless and mindlessвБ†вАФ

but still the Gods

of an indigenous clay

Something

dumb

but doubtless

is being accomplished

by the quotidian inspiration

towards frustration

of all

other clays

of EarthвАЩs conception

And to each

inhabitant of the crudest streets

is allotted the pride

of controlling the tide

of seas

that he has never set eyes upon

but hears

are his

Suburban children

of middleвБ†вАФclass Britain

ejected from the home

are still connected

with the inseverable

navelвБ†вАФcord of the motherвБ†вАФland

and

need never feel alone

And if this tepid flesh

of uniвБ†вАФconscious islanders

feels no particular passion

towards its propagations

it knows

that each is integral

to that removed

yet irremovable

rose

and rejoices in them only symbolically

for if one should not defer

his opinions to his flower

of utter chivalry

he is cut off utterly

вАЬExcept ye become as a little childвАЭ

the lord was heard when upon earth

to sayвБ†вАКвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвАФit is inferredвБ†вАФ

that he preferredвБ†вАФ

an Idiot child from birth

There is no other clime

where nurseries bloom

so luxuriantly

so вАЬover timeвАЭ

as in England

where ardentlyвБ†вАФ

adults

вАФanxiously

concoct a lunacy

of flippant fallacy

for innocence

And the meticulous

punctualities

of fresh air and milk

mix

with the coloured imbecilities

exaltedвБ†вАФ

illustratedвБ†вАФ

for childrenвАЩs libraries

O may the hotвБ†вАФhouse purityвБ†вАФ

essence

of English childhoodвБ†вАФ

prolong itself

into autumnal adolescenceвБ†вАКвБ†вАФ

O may the fuddled blue

of the imperial eye

forgetвБ†вАФmeвБ†вАФnotвБ†вАФitself

in distinct conceptions

of functional existence

O may it muddle through

bright with its bland taboo

from the nursery to the cemetery

Amen