We found that language
could reproduce the sense
of forward motion
to which we were accustomed
but only if
words
could be grouped,
made to
*
Red brown
(rust) cloud
(suit)
of eucalyptus
beside (with)
which a spiral
crook (crank) (shunt)
of roadway
is out
flung
*
And God said,
“Wait here
while I take
the shapes
I’ve mastered.”