And all now is war Where so lately there was peace, and the sweet brotherhood, the use of tilled fields. - Charles Olson

The legends are legends. Dead, hung up indoors, the kingfisher will not indicate a favoring wind, or avert the thunderbolt. Nor, by its nesting, still the waters, with the new year, for seven days. It is true, it does nest with the opening year, but not on the waters.

with what violence benevolence is bought what cost in gesture justice brings what wrongs domestic rights involve what stalks this silence

When the attentions change / the jungle leaps in even the stones are split they rive