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I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. Inaction, no falsifying dream Between my hooked head and hooked feet: Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.

Ted Hughes
Dream, Sleep, Eye
Ted Hughes (2014). “A Ted Hughes Bestiary: Selected Poems”, p.25, Faber & Faber
I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. Inaction, no falsifying dream Between my hooked head and hooked feet: Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.