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tid sah (Tom Atlee),  1969

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a fern among moss
among the copper rocks
     and chips of bone
sucks alone with the moment
     of the drown-awakened vision
among the copper rocks
     and chips of bone
its spore-knocked tassel

defends the burning
of the green suns
     climbing crossward fate
spinning the carnage of the life-pulse
     into the ebon leaves
of the green suns
     climbing crossward fate
and the late white sins