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In this poem, which is
called "The Defeated",

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I would like to tell you
that-- to make a distinction.

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There are two men in the poem.

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One person is someone who I had
been married to for eight years

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and the other one
is a man who I was

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beginning a relationship with.

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"The Defeated".

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"I sat at the desk for a
while fooling with my hair

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and looking at the black
birds on the bakery roof.

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Pulled the curtain,
put my hair back,

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and said it's time to start.

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Now it's after three.

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You are still on the bus, I
guess, looking out the window.

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Sleeping.

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Knowing your defeat and
eating lunch part by part

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so it will last
the whole journey.

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I heard there are women who
light candles and put them

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in the sand.

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Wade out in dresses
carrying flowers.

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Here we have no hope.

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The pregnant woman
has the abortion

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and then refuses to speak.

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Horses stall in their strength,
whitening patches of air

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with their breath.

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There will be this
going on without them.

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Dogs bark or five
birds fly straight

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up to a branch out of reach.

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I had warm pumpernickel
bread, cheese and chicken.

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It is sunny outside.

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I miss you.

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My head is tired.

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John was nice this morning.

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Already what I remember most
is the happiness of seeing you.

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Having tea.

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Falling asleep.

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Waking up with you there
awake in the kitchen.

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It was like being alive twice.

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I'll try to tell you
better when I am stronger.

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What does the moth think when
the skin begins to split?

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Is the air an astonishing pain?

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I keep seeing the arms bent.

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The legs smashed up against the
breasts, with her sex showing.

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The weak hands clenched.

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I see the sad, unused face.

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Then she starts to stand
up in the opening out.

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I know ground and trees.

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I know air.

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But then everything else
stops because I don't

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know what happens after that."

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