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CONTEMPLATIVE OF NIGHTS RECTITUDE

Contemplative of night's rectitude,
Dullness of awareness
Quiet throughout

A slow unawareness of time
But watching slow change

As a snake or lizard
Will sense change with its tongue
So does the monolith beast

An' ever'ry once in a while
It will slowly turn its head

As day goes into night
And night into day-
The concrete living minions
Sit ever quiet and wait
Unaware of a baleful
Uninspired arrested existence

Patient unto night, slowly
Waiting unto day

Insipidly forever lying
In wait