A Letter from Dylan Thomas

          A LETTER FROM DYLAN THOMAS  BY TIM WILLIAMS 2013
    

     HEY! FIND A HOLE TO LAY DOWN MY TWO HEADS
     WHILE RAINY ROBINS TIC-TAC AT THE WINDOW
     I KNOW THE CAPTAINS STILL IN BED
     IT'S FIRST COLD THING IN THE MORNING
     

    HEY! THE TREES ARE TALKING DOUBLE ROOK
    LIMP IN THE HUT I WATCH THE EXHAUSTING SEA
    TRYING IN VAIN TO WRITE THIS ENDLESS BOOK
    IN A GYMNASIUM MADE FOR MIDGETS
    

    HEY! THE OWLS ARE ASLEEP IN THE CENTURIES
    WITH HEADS HERRINGED WITH IDEAS
    I'LL PRAY FOR RAVENS TO DROP POUNDS OR PENNIES
    MY MOTHER'S AS ILL AS A WARD
    

   HEY! YOUR LOST IN YOUR BETTY DARK
   YOUR DROWNED IN YOUR SOPHIE FAIR
   WE'LL SCAMPER AROUND CWMDONKIN PARK
   LAUGH AT GIRLS AND PULL THEIR HAIR
   

     FARAWAY CHILDREN'S VOICES GLIDING OVER PLUM TREES
    A BOY STANDS IN NON-STOP FROG FILLED RAIN
    FARAWAY CHILDREN'S VOICES GLIDING OVER PLUM TREES
    I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY RAG AND BONE SHOP HEART