The Anathemata
Sherthursdaye and Venus day (continued)
the Daughter’s torch
Demeter’s arch
extinguished
down
in our streets
where is corn and wine?1
David Jones notes
1 See Tenebrae for Good Friday 1st Nocturn, Lesson 2. ‘Ubi est triticum et vinum ... in plateis civitatis.’ Lamentations II, 12.
additional notes
DJ note 1: the text lines 3–4 are a translation of the Latin (‘streets’ = ‘streets of the city (civitatis)’ ).
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