Our desire for meaningful communication with an inner or outer You in W.S. Graham's What Is The Language Using Us For, and Maureen McClane's Open Sky.
OPEN SKY
open sky—
what you want?
what you want I
want for you, want
whatever you want
when you say you want
everything under the sky—
is that what everyone wants
never to die—
what you want?
what you want I
want for you, want
what you want
when you say you want
never to die
except when you want
nothing—
what you want?
nothing's something
to want, something
annihilating,
something beyond want
that stops at nothing—
ravenous want
