MS-UoR-1477-1

[0053] and was it then was it then

[0030] turning point?

[0033] who it was saying what you ^were saying
whose head ^{it was} you were shut ^pent up in
whose face xxx xxx xxx ^{and all the rest of}
it had you the way you were
xxx and all the rest of the
xxxting ^{ashes etcetera} had you the way you were
txx

[0030] then was it

[0030] turning-point that was a great
word with you before they dried up
no questions left xxx pxxx
xxx xxx you squirmed dead end
xxx xxx xxx xx xxx ^{be it xxx} and
you squirming like a worm on
the same old spit from the moment
they cut your stalk

[0033] was it then ^{that the time} you began ^{last infirmity} not to know
yourself from Adam began trying
not to know yourself from Adam
no idea who it was saying what
you were saying whose head ^skull it was
you were pent up in whose ashes
etc. had you the way you were was
that the time or was that another time

[0033] xx sitting there with the portraits of
the dead [⁁]^{black with dirt & age antiquity and the dates on the frame in case you got the century wrong} not believing it was you
till they put you out in the rain
at closing time [0036] and you went the
old rounds trying ^{xxx xxx} how that would
xxx work how never having

[0036] been would work the old rounds
turning you into trying to turn you
into it ^{tottering & muttering all over the parish} till the words dried up and
the head dried up & the legs dried up
up or the whosever they were or
they locked it ^gave up whatever ^whoever it was

[0040] that time you took shelter from the
rain in the Public Library always
winter then always raining shelter
from the [⁁]^{cold &} rain in the Public Library
and

[0040] always winter then always raining
xxx wet & cold ^{rain & dark} wet & cold year
after year always going in somewhere

[0033] put you out in the rain
at closing time
or whosever they
were

[0056] born & died in no time
at a rather old age
[0036] locked it up whatever it
was