Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
The travellers met the two-headed dog
trained to keep eyes on
near & middle distance
& in particular the fearful horizon.
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
One told the other he remembered
one of those signs from long ago
& he thought it had something to do
with a keyword in Christian lingo.
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
This must be the world turned
upside down on their maps
they’d certainly been warned
a world in imminent collapse.
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
O Pilgrim Pilgrim
there’s a dark wood in dreamland
& the tower to which Childe Roland
O Pilgrim Pilgrim
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
Beware the lunar eclipse
when spiral flowers bloom
& who knows whom
midnight thunder claps.
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
What it was to be
doubly welcome
what it was to be
unkindly undone.
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
There it stood
the Great E
the remnant letter
of Exist or Exits.
Alan Halsey
Into the Interior
Let’s go home says one
Where’s home asks the other
If you know which way
you’re out on your own.