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If you feel that you completely understand a poem in one read, the poem was probably not worth reading. Poetry is not a newspaper article that you read once and move on. One read poetry is not a reasonable expectation, gives the artist little or no help, and you short change yourself too. Tell me (honestly) if you can understand this famous and ground breaking poem by Archibald MacLeish in one read: +The End Of The World+ by Archibald MacLeish Quite unexpectedly, as Vasserot The armless ambid...

Pain drips down the drain, fanged, To ring the bells aloud, and long in this Weakening world. Bedeviling fluids Collect in pools; spilling over with Absolute powers like gravity making Sport of the body - Bones gone tired. Tired but sleep rides fast into the fog And in silence slices your fading Mind. Calls you by name and flees Leaving the bright light insane, Sizzling juice, pecking the eyes Where the little boy you knew played. Played like a song you've heard; stupid And old. God! give me ...

Pain drips down the drain, fanged, to ring the bells aloud, and long in this weakening world. Bedeviling fluids collect in pools; spilling over with absolute powers like gravity making sport of the body - bones gone tired. Tired but sleep rides fast into the fog and in silence slices your fading mind. It calls to you but flees leaving the bright light insane, sizzling juice, pecking the eyes, where the little boy you knew played. Played like a song you've heard; stupid and old. God! give me a...

Pain drips down the drain, fanged, To ring the bells aloud, and long in this Weakening world. Bedeviling fluids Collect in pools; spilling over with Absolute powers like gravity making Sport of the body - Bones gone tired. Tired but sleep rides fast into the fog And in silence slices your fading Mind. Calls you by name and flees leaving the bright light insane, sizzling juice, pecking the eyes Where the little boy you knew played. Played like a song you've heard; stupid and old. God! give me ...

Crab pinches seaweed; Accidentally Flamingo on the toe. Snaps his beak, "Fuck Crab!" Later, Crab realizes Mother Nature lives in a nightmare of Iron gears, pipes and wire. And, cackles diabolically when big fish eats Little, Her perverted sex game.