A Vast Confusion in  General   

Long long I lay in the sands

Sounds of trains in the surf
in subways of the sea
And an even greater undersound
of a vast confusion in the universe
a rumbling and a roaring
as of some enormous creature turning
under sea and earth
a billion sotto voices murmuring
a vast muttering
a swelling stuttering
in ocean's speakers
world's voice-box heard with ear to sand
a shocked echoing
a shocking shouting
of all life's voices lost in night
And the tape of it
someow running backwards now
through the Moog Synthesizer of time
Chaos unscrambled
back to the first
harmonies
And the first light

By Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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• A Vast Confusion
• Bird With Two Right Wings
• Constantly Risking Absurdity
• Dove Sta Amore
• Number 20
• Recipe For Happiness Khaborovsk Or Anyplace
• Seascape With Sun And Eagle
• The Pennycandystore Beyond The El
• The Plough Of Time
• Wild Dreams Of A New Beginning