A RUSHED ACCOUNT OF THE DEWI who can blinkto break the spell of daylightand what a sliding screen between worldsis a blinkI who can hear the last three seconds in my headbut the present is beyond melistenin this tiny moment of reflexionI want to work out what it's like to descendout of the dawn's mindand find a leaf and fasten the known to the unknownwith a liquid cufflinkand then unfastento be briefto be almost actualoh pristine exampleof claiming a place on the earthonly to cancel
-Alice Oswald
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