ORPHEUS
That sad singer fulfilled his quest
in infinite longing.
He remained beneath,
and exiled his shadow to wander under the sun,
to serve the above-ground,
and to yearn for the underground.
Down below he learnt
the muteness of the birds, the beasts, and the people.
And in that language he spoke
to the daytime dry imprints
of the nighttime mind.
Yet he did not learn
the silent godloving passion and the moist
of the fish and the women,
who, in return,
uprooted his quiescent power
from the abyss of his flesh.
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