Declaration
Crier's bell, ring true,
Ring loud, ring clear,
though cracked
The course events
necessitate.
The reign has ended, morning
rises,
So Eagle/Ego/I go.
Let it be known/heard
'round the world
The one
silent/disregarded/mocked
Has watched and not
forgotten
Has felt and, pitiless,
tallies
The mounting debt of those
who laughed
And lightly took
The love that leaked
From the
cracked bottle/my heart.
Its spirit was/is too strong
For those who
spurned/ignored/rejected
The force that holds them
helpless
Long after
imminent/immanent/eminent Death.
A final gift I leave
To each/all of you
The knowledge that the final
work of
Your betrayal is complete
(Let it ring!)
I am the one.
World, know/see
The loving brothers/affected
sisters
Whose power punies
Before the bleeding artifice
which
Their lives/selves/follies
Him/her it imprisons
In this playpen/crib/cradle
from which
(Let it ring!)
I WILL FIND MY
Written Spring 1986.