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It's a poem called "The
Light in the Lake."

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It's about a man who
imagines he drowns

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a woman that does him dirt.

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"The Light in the Lake."

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"The light in the lake
begins down there,

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around the woman on the bottom,
since the first man she threw

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off threw her in, wanting to
save something of his love

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overloaded soul.

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In his mind he was
rough as a pine branch,

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but gentle as its brushing
against his house.

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That was where she sank,
off shore near his summer

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imaginings.

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Slowly as a diver's bell,
squatting and full of air,

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though she was still beautiful.

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Fingers trailing upward,
like hair waving goodbye,

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leaving him in the boat
with two nests for hands,

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and both filled
only with regrets.

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That morning he
saw the mountain,

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already giving off its own white
light out of blue surroundings.

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And when he slowed his
saintly escape to loneliness,

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that night, a cafe postcard
showed a recognizable radiance,

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near the familiar
place, and reaching out

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with the calm forgiveness
of a woman's loving face".

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