Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uwvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!uwvax!derek From: derek@uwvax.UUCP (Derek Zahn) Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: Manx Message-ID: <76@uwvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 11:47:18 EST Article-I.D.: uwvax.76 Posted: Thu Dec 6 11:47:18 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 06:36:52 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 32 The light changes subtly and I Stop Near the center of the black ring. Smoky ghosts trailing and twining behind, Scent faintly acrid, yet intangibly sweet In the corner of memory's eye, Seen from a cold vantage Near the center of the black ring. A face is set, masked in pale pallor That is more than reflection of smoke-filtered crescent moonlight Near the center of the black ring. The heart still sluggishly beats, as I pause; Wisp-wraith moonlight shifts silently, Illuminating little, Near the center of the black ring. Only the echoes are heard, Dim shadows in dusty footprints, Near the center of the black ring. derek -- Derek Zahn @ wisconsin ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,sfwin,ucbvax,uwm-evax}!uwvax!derek derek@wisc-rsch.arpa