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Filling Station, In the Waiting Room, The Prodigal, The Fish, Sestina
“I caught…”
The Fish
I caught a tremendous fish
“A five haired…”
The Fish
A five-haired beard of wisdom trailing from his aching jaw
“The sunrise…”
The Prodigal
The sunrise glazed the barnyard mud with red; the burning puddles seemed to reassure
“But it took…”
The Prodigal
But it took him a long time finally to make his mind up to go home
“The sty…”
The Prodigal
The sty was plastered halfway up with glass smooth dung
“They lie upon…”
Filling Station
They lie upon a big dim doily draping a taboret (part of the set)
“Somebody loves…”
Filling Station
Somebody loves us all
“And I let…”
The Fish
And I let the fish go
“It’s a…”
Filling Station
It’s a family filling station (in parenthesis)
“It was to be…”
Sestina
It was to be says the Marvel Stove, I know what I know says the almanac
“her teacup…”
Sestina
her teacup full of dark brown tears
“You are an I…”
In the Waiting Room
You are an I, you are an Elizabeth, you are one of them
“While I waited…”
In the Waiting Room
While I waited I read the National Geographic
“It was still…”
In the Waiting Room
It was still the fifth of February 1918
“Bishop was…”
Marianne Moore
Bishop was spectacular at being unspectacular
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