William Dewitt Snodgrass

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    —All this Dark Age machinery
    On which we had tormented you
    To life.
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)

    Up the reputable walks of old established trees
    They stalk, children of the nouveaux riches; chimes
    Of the tall Clock Tower drench their heads in blessing:
    “I don’t wanna play at your house;
    I don’t like you any more.”
    My house stands opposite, on the other hill,
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)

    They wear their godhead lightly.
    They look out from their hill and say,
    To themselves, “We have nowhere to go but down;
    The great destination is to stay.”
    —William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)