Look, friend, at this universe With its spiral clusters of stars Flying out all over space Like bedsprings suddenly bursting free;


New and Selected Poems from the Book of My Life, From Stand Up, Friend, with Me (1963) Prologue


Look, friend, at this universe With its spiral clusters of stars Flying out all over space Like bedsprings suddenly bursting free;

Look, friend, at this universe With its spiral clusters of stars Flying out all over space Like bedsprings suddenly bursting free;

Look, friend, at this universe With its spiral clusters of stars Flying out all over space Like bedsprings suddenly bursting free;

Look, friend, at this universe With its spiral clusters of stars Flying out all over space Like bedsprings suddenly bursting free;