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A Sketch

A hand came down to draw a curtain
Across the rod of the horizon —
A gamut from brumous to chert in
A glanceful of window, a diapason.

The mullions frame their splintered burden;
Panes reflect the hues beyond the sills;
The road is in rain: diaphanous gravel and rills;
The far is soft; the near is hard and uncertain.