We pray－to Heaven－1
We prate－of Heaven－
Relate－when Neighbors die－
At what o'clock to heaven－they fled－
Who saw them－Wherefore fly?
Is Heaven a Place－a Sky－a Tree? 6
Location's narrow way is for Ourselves－
Unto the Dead
There's no Geography－
But State－Endowal－Focus－10
Where－Omnipresence－fly?
We prate－of Heaven－
Relate－when Neighbors die－
At what o'clock to heaven－they fled－
Who saw them－Wherefore fly?
Is Heaven a Place－a Sky－a Tree? 6
Location's narrow way is for Ourselves－
Unto the Dead
There's no Geography－
But State－Endowal－Focus－10
Where－Omnipresence－fly?
(F.476/J.489)
[1] Heaven:: a place of supreme happiness, an amusement park.
[3] die:: disappear.
[5] fly:: to run very fast.
[6] Place:: a building. Sky:: a free space. Tree:: a labyrinth, maze.
[8] the Dead:: the dead end, blind road.
[10] State:: the condition of full vigour. Endowal:: the act of endow, giving. Focus:: concentration on the playing.
[11] fly:: a long flag.
although we are of late discovering that the plain words of that endowal of Christ's Hospital, really meant that such orphans are to be children of "poor gentry!" ─ The Social Science Review (1866)