Bound－a trouble－1
And lives can bear it!
Limit－how deep a bleeding go!
So－many－drops－of vital scarlet－
Deal with the soul
As with Algebra!
Tell it the Ages－to a cypher－7
And it will ache－contented－on－
Sing－at its pain－as any Workman－
Notching the fall of the Even Sun!
And lives can bear it!
Limit－how deep a bleeding go!
So－many－drops－of vital scarlet－
Deal with the soul
As with Algebra!
Tell it the Ages－to a cypher－7
And it will ache－contented－on－
Sing－at its pain－as any Workman－
Notching the fall of the Even Sun!
(F.240/J.269)
[1, 2] trouble, lives, bear:: menses, a trouble related to lives and birth.
[1] Bound a trouble:: to limit a trouble of pregnancy; a hint on abortion.
[3, 4] bleeding, drops, scarlet:: a description of menses.
[5, 6] Deal, soul, Algebra:: to calculate a life without emotion.
[7] Tell it the Ages:: tell the trouble's period or stage of life. cypher:: one who can calculate and keep the secret.
[8] ache:: to feel unhappy.
[9] Sing at its pain:: to propose an abortion.
[10] Notching:: cutting shallowly (to abort the child). Sun:: a wordplay of son.