The dangerous seeing eye
is poised to strike at darkness.
No mild recognition,
but terror,
as meaning leaps to meaning
like lightning on iron mountains.
Words slit
in revelation.
The crust of long-accustomed thought
shatters
and an unfamiliar landscape
is revealed.
Published in The William Blake Birthday Book (ISBN 9780956199904)
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