Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were broken… - Kenneth Patchen

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Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were
broken?
Have you seen the homeless in the grave of God's
hand?
Do you want to acquaint the larks with the fatuous
music of war?

Kenneth Patchen

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Kenneth Patchen (13 December 1911 – 8 January 1972) was an American poet and painter.

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To leave the earth was my wish, and no will stayed my rising.
Early, before sun had filled the roads with carts
Conveying folk to weddings and to murders;
Before men left their selves of sleep, to wander
In the dark of the world like whipped beasts.

You, the woman; I, the man; this, the world: And each is the work of all.

As we are so wonderfully done with each other
We can walk into our separate sleep
on floors of music where the milkwhite cloak of childhood
lies

Have you wondered why all the windows in heaven were broken? Have you seen the homeless in the grave of God's hand? Do you want to acquaint the larks… - Kenneth Patchen

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