So how should I presume?

And I have known the eyes already, known them all—

The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,

And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,

When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

Then how should I begin

To spit out all the butt-ends of my ways and days?

And how should I presume?

And I have known the arms already, known them all—

Arms that are braceleted and white and bare