Man in the Street or Hand Over Mouth

He claps a hand Across the gaping hole— Or else the sight might Well inside to Melt the mind—if any Thinking spoke Were in the wheel, Or any real Fright-fragments broke Out of the gorge to Soak the breast, the meaning Might incite a stroke—best Press against it, close The clawhole, stand In stupor, petrified. The dream Be damned, the deeps defied. The hand’s to keep The scream inside.