A poem by Thomas Thornburg from Ancient Letter
with a verse commentary
Upon the sullen sidewalks now
That stare as solemn as the snow
Each januaried public mask
Sets thin-lipped to the season’s task
Of adding to the storeclerk’s haunted
Life, things broken, things unwanted;
The miracle has not occurred
Or if it has we have not heard,
And all returning Magi come,
Puzzled and [...]
