Light Poem

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    Come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out.
    Apocrypha. 2 Esdras, 14:25.

    It has been played once more. I think you exist only
    To tease me into doing it, on your level, and then you aren’t there
    Or have adopted a different attitude. And the poem
    Has set me softly down beside you. The poem is you.
    John Ashbery (b. 1927)