Where it says snow <br />read teeth-marks of a virgin <br />Where it says knife read <br />you passed through my bones <br />like a police-whistle <br />Where it says table read horse <br />Where it says horse read my migrant's bundle <br />Apples are to remain apples <br />Each time a hat appears <br />think of Isaac Newton <br />reading the Old Testament <br />Remove all periods <br />They are scars made by words <br />I couldn't bring myself to say <br />Put a finger over each sunrise <br />it will blind you otherwise <br />That damn ant is still stirring <br />Will there be time left to list <br />all errors to replace <br />all hands guns owls plates <br />all cigars ponds woods and reach <br />that beer-bottle my greatest mistake <br />the word I allowed to be written <br />when I should have shouted <br />her name<br /><br />Charles Simic<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/errata/
