You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road: And each… - Kenneth Patchen

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You, the village; I, the stranger; this, the road: And each is the work of all.<p> Then, not that man do more, or stop pity; but that he be Wider in living; that all his cities fly a clean flag... We have been alone too long, love; it is terribly late For the pierced feet on the water and we must not die now.

Kenneth Patchen

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

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Your lips have splashed my dull house with print of flowers
My hands are crooked where they spilled over your dear
curving

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?

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.

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