Never

A. S. J. Tessimond

Suddenly, desperately
I thought, "No, never
In millions of minutes
Can I for one second
Calm-leaving my own self
Like clothes on a chair-back
And quietly opening
The door of one house
(No, not one of all millions)
Of blood, flesh and brain,
Climb the nerve-stair and look
From the tower, from the windows
Of eyes not my own: ...
No, never, no, never!"

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• A. S. J. Tessimond : Night Piece
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• A. S. J. Tessimond : O
• A. S. J. Tessimond : One Almost Might
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Polyphony In A Cathedral
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Quickstep
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Sea
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• A. S. J. Tessimond : Music
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Meeting
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Last Word To Childhood
• A. S. J. Tessimond : June Sick Room
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Houses
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Flight Of Stairs
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Epitaph On A Disturber Of His Times
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Epitaph For Our Children
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Epilogue
• A. S. J. Tessimond : Empty Room