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Kenneth Patchen - There Are Not Many Kingdoms LeftKenneth Patchen - There Are Not Many Kingdoms Left
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I write the lips of the moon upon her shoulders. In a temple of silvery farawayness I guard her to rest.  For her bed I write a stillness over all the swans of the world. With the morning breath of the snow leopard I cover her against any hurt.  Using the pen of rivers and mountaintops I store her pillow with singing.  Upon her hair I write the looking of the heavens at early morning.  — Away from this kingdom, from this last undefiled place, I would keep our governments, our civilization, and all other spirit-forsaken and corrupt institutions.  O cold beautiful blossoms of the moon moving upon her shoulders . . . the lips of the moon moving there . . . where the touch of any other lips would be a profanation.
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