[Cally Conan-Davies]

REVISION TWO

When don't turns into do



when the door doesn't stop the wind

when the footprint refuses to follow

when the keeper blows out the flame

when piss leaks from the witch's bottle

when the circus breaks new ground

when Etna blows smoke rings

when whimsy bolts the clown


today and today and today

when the clock looks down on you

when the cut steel and the tip stain

impress the mob on the hill

where a house hides in the corner

and the curtain gives a twitch

and nobody notices it



but the fool who reads into

the runes of the runneling rain

and the hunch of the half-starved possum

gnawing the blackberry canes

while the moon cradles the mountain

humming about nothing new

as the sun does to the dew

REVISION ONE

When don't turns into do



When the door doesn't stop the rain

When the footprint gives up following

When the keeper flouts the flame

When tears drown the witch's bottle

When the circus breaks new ground

When Etna blows smoke rings

Who's looking down on you



Who's looking down on you

When whimsy bolts the clown

When the cut steel and the tip stain

Impress the fervent crowd

When there are hidden houses

Building in dark corners

Where the eye of the local warden

Is bound to notice you


But you can see straight through

The understanding rain

The undiminished sunlight

Falling on every face

So the moon hands it over to you

But she's taken by surprise

For the knight has swapped his hood

For don't and turned to do



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Original first line was the same as title