egg

    in

        this

                kingdom

                           u

                    s              n

the

                                      never

                                                                            _s e t s;

                                               v

                                    o                a

                                               l

under the pale

                o f  t h e  s k y

                there

            seems

        no

    way

in

    or

        out,

                and though there is a

                  _s  e  ^a     h  _e  r  ^e

                there is no ti  d    e      .

for the egg itself

                o

        m              o

                n

is a

^{g  l  o  w  i  n  g     f  a  i  n  t  l  y}

                          g  ^a  l  a  _x  y

in the

                                                    of the barn,

safe but for the spoon's

o m i n o u s thUndEr,

the first delicate  _c r a ^c k

of   _light

                ning.