Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
Dylan Thomas
1914 to 1953
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An old god's dugs are pressed and pricked,
Flung gravel chime? Let the stones speak
When clouds are cursed by thunder,
When it is rain where are the gods?
Shall rainbows be their tunics' colour?
Be said to weep when weather howls?
The wet night scolds me like a nurse?
Shall it be said they sprinkle water
Shall gods be said to thump the clouds
It shall be said that gods are stone.
From garden cans, or free the floods?
Shall a dropped stone drum on the ground,
With tongues that talk all tongues.
Shall it be said that, venuswise,
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