AT THE SOUTH UNION CEMETERY my shadow entangled with the other shadows the facts of what occurred lie all around stones in rows surrounded by corn in rows a complete demonstration of ripening and its results there was a word spoken here a half century ago it sank into the earth with the rest its message lies there with the rest my message to the future is we did what you demanded of us and we know the demand was not yours it was imposed by some further off future also beyond our reach to be born amongst the billions is to spit into the lake every breath taken must be given back again night is shadow laid on shadow and it has no opposite no time without shadows at exactest noon there are shadows under our feet my message is we have forgiven you in advance for if we condemned you we would have to blame ourselves for the past