Patrick Kavanagh

The Bat

I stand to-night
Leg-deep in ripened white
Grasses that excite
Glow fires of mind
And blind
Bat-winged I rise
A bat,
Where little star-eyes
Round gables peer
For wondering at.
And I hear
Eve-dropping
The wiser than fool talking
Kitchen philosophy
And the hum hum
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