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Snail Lyrics by Patrick Kavanagh

Poems: 1929-1938

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I go from you, I recede,
Not by steps violent,
But as a snail backing
From the lewd finger of humanity.

I go from you as a snail
Into my twisted habitation.

And you!
It does not matter how you
React. I know the shadow-ways
Of Self.
I know the last sharp bend
And the volleyed light.

You are lost.
You can merely chase the sliver I have let
Fall from my purse.
You follow silver
And not follow me.

About “Snail” by Patrick Kavanagh

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"Snail" appears on "Poems: 1929-1938".

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