Dec 6, 2023
Only the Red Fox, Only the Crow
You who come after us
you who can live when we are not
make much of love
You to whom the spring can return
when we will merely correlate a worm
enjoy the envy
in this blind glance
You who shall have the earth,
and one another
the government of noon,
do not fail us, dance
We shall not know, but you
remember this: the two- edged worth
of loveliness
The night’s for talking and for kissing
And when, on summer field
two horses run for joy
like figures on a beach
your mind will find us
as we have found,
within its reach.
This, then, under the leaves
or under snow,
you who come after us,
we send you for envoy:
make most of love
- Charles Olson (1949)
