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