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POINT LOMA SONNETS: 5. GRAY, by                    
First Line: Our days of gray on loma by the sea
Last Line: A rock of time's chiaroscure mists have mossed.
Subject(s): Point Loma, California; Time


Our days of gray on Loma by the sea
Are like gulls' pinions spread and poised, at rest
Upon the wind; are like silk scarfs caressed
By young girls' throats that flutter ceaselessly.
Our days of gray are soft days. They can be
As tranquil as the mated wood dove's breast;
And they can make of North, South, East and West
And dawn and noon and night monotony:

A sameness of shot silver gause -- a thrill
Diffused across the heart of life and lost
Between the sun and sea-floor. This bare hill
Stands wrapped in thoughts of old rains, drawn rains tossed
On fragments of dun clouds; stands smothered, still . . .
A rock of Time's chiaroscure mists have mossed.





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