While they forward the child ahead...

While they forward the child ahead
He goe on the farther side following behind the animals
single for him that first darkness
Glasses flame in their fingers like candles
And before drawn out everything settles down on the side
Of sleep--an altar with equal reason small but they'll not behold
The path he takes public of the room
Right behind the animals and where they'll advance
undivided in front of the other not looking through their shoulders
united behind the other looking back at each other
Their laughter doesn't recall where the child went
That secondary darkness it's only for them