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At a Priest’s Grave
Bare trees under a requiem of clouds. Snow. Over the ground a gaggle of geese Hustles across an expanse of nothing” They haven’t a prayer; not a kernel Breaks...
The Failed Suicide
You have returned to find so much more To despair: the flesh whiter, More helpless, the city stinking As never before, and those Whom you had so carefully avoided...