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Hampton Court Maze
And in that other puzzle, high-hedged,
hand-in-hand, I'd reconnoitre ways
with you, though yew and hornbeam hemmed
as here each turn, where close clipped days
constrict the view of time's confusing maze.
That sense of being lost is here augmented
by audio tricks: a barking dog, a whistle,
a sinister croak, and music box jingle;
but in that other maze a different voice
will blur distorted dream-like streets, the noise
of loss and self discovery, flapping maps
up dead-end paths; this certain hand
you clutch, and take for granted love -
even this will lose its hold in shadow;
so clasp it now a while, and trusting follow
down that other maze, the twists of history
retracing back to here: an old reliance
more touching grace than distant tudour monarchy,
more real in time than ghostly palace gallery,
to find elusive exits, surer guidance.
hand-in-hand, I'd reconnoitre ways
with you, though yew and hornbeam hemmed
as here each turn, where close clipped days
constrict the view of time's confusing maze.
That sense of being lost is here augmented
by audio tricks: a barking dog, a whistle,
a sinister croak, and music box jingle;
but in that other maze a different voice
will blur distorted dream-like streets, the noise
of loss and self discovery, flapping maps
up dead-end paths; this certain hand
you clutch, and take for granted love -
even this will lose its hold in shadow;
so clasp it now a while, and trusting follow
down that other maze, the twists of history
retracing back to here: an old reliance
more touching grace than distant tudour monarchy,
more real in time than ghostly palace gallery,
to find elusive exits, surer guidance.
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