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Whistle likes to keep

When Whistle walks Whistle rolls

Whistle and Clic and Whisper and Thaw often went together

It never occurred as them to separate because there was no such thing

When Whistle walks Whistle blows

And scatters, with muchness the same as Crack and Sigh

There are still membranes in the world like the scale on the back of the fish that stands as water and as skin

There is still the bark as host and as frontier

But how Whistle walks Whistle is

With muchness alike in mountain and rain

There is still time in rock and wheat the same

But going is gone and living is through

In children, Whistle and Clic and Whisper and Thaw grew curious and lively

Click if sharp and quick

Thaw as pressing and Whisper with mellow

All them walking had much much hair

With much much hair between them

And toes to count again and once more

They learned all in time and without

The games as played ongoing,

To remember when was different, before.

All in them played games of borrow

And Whistle anew, played theday and themorrow.

Hands full and hands few as Whistle laugh as Whisper grew.

But questions Whistle whang

To know what known was endless

“Am I lost yet?” Jokes the Jhistle

“Not so far” answers the hand

“Not so far” wavers the choir, the whorld whell known not knowing tame

Still Whistle mused as Whistle pleased

“When am I? What am I?”

Winding up and winding down

As if ten toes off the ground

Would a Whistle make an “I”


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