---------------Still eyes are still ripe ---------------under the deep ---------------shells sown shut, ---------------------------deep like ---------------------------echoing hatches ---------------------------with cold metal ---------------------------ladders, ----------------rooms of blowing ----------------violence underneath ----------------a new finish, --------------------------------light gray --------------------------------over walls --------------------------------red as velvet, ------------------------------------------------over blue like mist ------------------------------------------------from quiet Spring rain, -------------------------------here he wakes -------------------------------out of smoldering -------------------------------ash worn, ------------------------------------------A thumb out waiting, ------------------no one can see him.