SUNDAY FLAG
SUNDAY FLAG
A Sunday Flag at Half-Mast
A Sunday flag at half-mast
The red and white stripes unwind
Forever like a barber pole in a blind
Of branches against the blast
Of solsticial sun that raises autumn’s
Awning of cloud, and wraps a sapphire
Banner round its dying fire.
A circular stair with endless sums
Of steps that stagger up and down
From rooms without light or air
To a bed where a man whose only care
Was broken from him, lies; and the sound
Of that care crying will not sleep
But wails, all waking to reap.
Frankel gem
steps that stagger up and down
From rooms without light or air
To a bed where a man whose only care
Was broken from him