COLLECTED POEMS AND PAINTINGS - CD Hunter
Broadshot the bullet to take Dylan ThomasVernal Flight
in the hall of sorrow;
that glazed palace of swizzle cantata,
the underdone steak and bison sonata.Broadshot the bullet to take Dylan Thomas
from the alms of Wales,
from the fear of the world,
from the tissue of man,
and the love of a girl whose dark understanding
wept tears of glass.Broadshot the bullet to take Dylan Thomas
from the town of Laugharne,
where his tremble-leafed grave leaves tourists
perplexedIn the pulsing moment of vernal flight.
14 Mar 1999