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The Lip
One day in half‑slumbrous raving
Where I saw strange fancies skip,
I saw in a dream, by no light's gleam,
A man with only one lip -
Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely,
Absolutely with only one lip.
I remember well that he had no face
Nor a nose with a usual tip;
He had nor eyes, nor cheks, nor hair
But only, only one lip -
Only one, only one, only one,
Only one, one, one lip.
Can ye think of it without terror?
No other lip did slip
Into the vision, nor was it a lack:
There was only, only one lip.
Could you see him as I you would grow mad.
That man with only one lip.
Alexander Search.
January 2nd. 1908
