A gulf of houses separates me from the ocean
swell that a sun gilded Old College seems to float upon,
Irregular town roofs form the surface of a choppy terracotta sea
which laps the shores of west Wales' Cambrian Galilee.
A rhythm of voices at my stern cackles like gulls
hungry to gorge themselves on freeze-dried chronicles,
Passive listening blends the two languages together at my aft;
the sound of my ancestors calling to me from centuries back?
Saesneg and Gymraeg or English and Welsh
are the languages audible inside or outside of myself,
A litany of literary men await the solid oak door
to be pulled aside; revealing the womb open once more,
To walk along the well worn wooden corridor
toward the embryonic sanctuary of the reading room floor
"Drws ar agor"
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