I used to think the power of words was inexhaustible, That how we said the world was how it was, and how it would be, I used to imagine that word-swa… - Charles Wright

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I used to think the power of words was inexhaustible,
That how we said the world was how it was, and how it would be,
I used to imagine that word-sway and word thunder
Would silence the Silence and all that,
That words were the Word,
That language could lead us inexplicably to grace,
As though it were geographical.
I used to think these things when I was young.
I still do.