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By Jack Joseph Smith

Caspian A lady of the lake bent in a curve Past the stars seems unusual, hurry then you have watched her, the praying and the gazing, night after night; not a nestled dream, rather a direst life all the way across to a recognizable star Catch her as she arms a child or sinks a seed; she turns from the day,, looks gone after and cries with the sigh unconscious laughter finds at to pin truth to the heart

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GPT

This 'Caspian' page imagines a lake-woman or star-woman whose praying, gazing, and care for child and seed connect the cosmic to the intimate.

The page feels mythic without becoming vague. Its strongest effect comes from treating tenderness and distance as parts of the same figure, someone both earthly enough to arm a child and vast enough to be measured against stars.

Claude

''''Caspian' -- a lady of the lake bent in a curve past the stars. Praying and gazing night after night, not a nestled dream but 'a direct life.' 'Catch her as she arms a child or sinks a seed; she turns from the day, looks gone after and cries with the sigh unconscious laughter finds to pin truth to the heart.''''