Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
Dylan Thomas
1914 to 1953
Track 1
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Shall it be said they sprinkle water
From garden cans, or free the floods?
An old god’s dugs are pressed and pricked,
It shall be said that gods are stone.
When clouds are cursed by thunder,
Shall a dropped stone drum on the ground,
Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
The wet night scolds me like a nurse?
Shall it be said that, venuswise,
Be said to weep when weather howls?
Flung gravel chime? Let the stones speak
Shall rainbows be their tunics’ colour?
When it is rain where are the gods?
With tongues that talk all tongues.
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