Ted Hughes

Lineage

In the beginning was Scream
Who begat Blood
Who begat Eye
Who begat Fear
Who begat Wing
Who begat Bone
Who begat Granite
Who begat Violet
Who begat Guitar
Who begat Sweat
Who begat Adam
Who begat Mary
Who begat God
Who begat Nothing
Who begat Never
Never Never Never
 
Who begat Crow
 
Screaming for Blood
Grubs, crusts
 
Anything
 
Trembling featherless elbows in the nest’s filth
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