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=Sylvia Plath=

**Joseph Mallord William Turner** //The Junction of the Thames and the Medway//, 1807 Widener Collection 1942.9.87 

Crossing the Water
Black lake, black boat, two black, cut-paper people. Where do the black trees go that drink here? Their shadows must cover Canada. A little light is filtering from the water flowers.

Their leaves do not wish us to hurry: They are round and flat and full of dark advice. Cold worlds shake from the oar. The spirit of blackness is in us, it is in the fishes.

A snag is lifting a valedictory, pale hand; Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls.   Connection Second Wall 