An Entring
At
Beverley. Byland.
Fountains. Hexham.
Howden. Kilton.
Rievaulx.
Found
Two birds, poss. cockerels.
Fishes. Harps.
Untidy crosses. Stars. Scratch geometry.
Arrows, sometimes w/o feathers. Spears.
At
Ripon.
Roche. Sandal.
Sherburn-in-Elmet. Skelton.
Southwell. York.
I
In the thick
of mark: murk
of trace.
On Roche’s
soffit, Hexham’s
facet.
Signal opacity
count readings.
II
Men stir
terms in
inert ms
III
The Master.
The use of the men.
The intention of a stone to one corner.
Fissure.
The floor below.
Written sight.
The shadowy figure.
The chisel.
IV
The stone
folded together
leads into
the chisel
V
There is fed by the chisel
murmuring -- > | \ X
The book of sight
skill marks bellowing above our ears
VI
The chisel could
read
The master would
know
the murk
of the men
VII
At least
one fish
stands on
its tail
The Master
would know
the use
of the men
VIII
Keys on the wall
Scroll up
and down the body
of their murky light
An astounding flurry
full of their career
The wall is locked
IX
Minster
Smite
Mitre
Sawn stone soars
on written sight
Inter
Insert
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