Time enough to rot
Dylan Thomas
1914 to 1953
Time enough to rot;
Toss overhead
Your golden ball of blood;
Breathe against air,
Puffing the light’s flame to and fro,
Not drawing in your suction’s kiss.
Your mouth’s fine dust
Will find such love against the grain,
And break through dark;
It’s acrid in the streets;
A paper witch upon her sulphured broom
Flies from the gutter.
The still go hard,
The moving fructify ;
The walker’s apple’s black as sin ;
The waters of his mind draw in.
Then swim your head,
For you’ve a sea to lie.
Dylan Thomas's Time enough to rot
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