“Don’t know how long it will take to bloom,/but I want to make a start/tomorrow.”
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Olive Tree Treaty
Sarcasm
“You returned to Rome Augustus triumphant./King of defeated nation I trailed behind./To this day the senators can’t tell/which of the two wore the wreath.”
Like Hosea
“Or was it the Living God/Who did do this,/And not Hosea?”
Un Carro Triste: A Melancholic Car
“We must take the language/by surprise;/seal its every utterance/with a kiss or tear…”
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“Sometimes—in the middle of fair night—/when disobedient moon turns vandal/and violently rips off the bolts/of my window-shutters, my eyelids…”
