Poems Written Out of William Carlos Williams 2
'That which we have suffered was for us to suffer.'
From 'For Eleanor and Bill Monahan'
Now sit in the sunken stairwell, rejoining there.
There is only the real physical cold for the moment,to gather you there.
It is for every time you knew before, that this matters.
The plain sun will hold enough of tomorrow.
But for you,there is no place to refuge from.
Only the moment is cold enough, for the warmth to survive in it.
We have lost most of, Yet all is again for that moment of cold.
Doug Palmer, Oct 25 1966
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