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upon a song in may ( yam ni gnos a nopu )
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a maiden swishes ribbons an ancient gibbon spell a band of brass is standing as morris dancers knell & foxes in their gloves trot as breezes frisk the air & leeches lurk in churches a hymn is in the air the dawn is but a chorus as sure as rome's a road & hordes of warblers warble a sort of warbled code & butterflies are faeries with fairly faerie wings the blossoming is snowing & so it plucks those strings a rumble on the compass a skip upon the tongue a weasel in a haystack a beetle pushing dung a nymph is tinging cymbals the bees of bumble hum & deep within the woodland a badger bangs a drum as serpents stir in pastures the grass is making hay a sea of green is gleaming upon a song in may the buttercups are spreading & blooming like the moon the speckled sky is spinning into the blue of june ...