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I want to try a few
that probably are not

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on the concrete
side, but I figured

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that this was an audience
that could handle anything,

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and so that I could
try some things

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I don't usually get to try.

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I had an opportunity to do some
visiting in Pakistan and Cuba,

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and some of these poems
will be based on them.

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Other Journeys.

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Some images linger.

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Soft hump, drooping ears,
loose, swaying chin, a dewlap,

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thick wolves' body
pressed on stubby legs.

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A white dwarf unnoticed in
the red and orange shouts

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of a Delhi bazaar.

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Brahman, dwelling
oddly in my head,

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that doubts the memory
seen at a glance.

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Yet how such creatures
lure us into worlds

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gnarled and wild
as banyan trees.

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Worlds of lizards rising on
hind legs, of heavy butterflies

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large as eagles rising slowly.

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The white bull, nose
moist, breath warm, still

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stares at me, beckons.

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