Friday, March 23, 2012

Ten Excavations from J.M.C. Toynbee's Animals

after Jonathan Williams



I.
his Epigrams gives
     quietly
                animals
            shoulders
          Cypriot bulls

II.
painting
   another
   mountainous Silenus
     possibly
          behind these scenes

III.
                 duck
              swampy
   natural or artificial
wide ledge
     along the entire wall

IV.
          vine-scroll
                  is somewhat too long

V.
                             nightingales
                                                    learn
                          one another
tones and notes
                               pouring

VI.
                    blackbirds
                        speak
                       along

VII.
turdi
flocks of them
          in which
       a large domed
internal equipment
                             furnished
                           drink

VIII.
             together
                        distinguish
ash-chests
                particular
                         character

VIV.
                      ('Brawny')
               appears on a gem

X.
             in a tub
playing
             the creature
      vainly                  
                                  mouth
        ampulla
     harness
                      recorded
vividly on much

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