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And then this is another little
batch of Washington poems

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that were published in Poetry
Magazine fairly recently.

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"I have never arrived
into a new life yet.

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Have you?

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Do you find the squeak of
boots on snow excruciating?

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Have you heard people say,
'It wasn't me,' when they

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accomplished a great feat?

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I have often, but rarely.

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Possibility is one
of the elements.

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It keeps things going.

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The ferry with its ratty
engine and exactitude

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at chugging into
blocks and chains,

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returning as ever to Mother's
house under a salty rain,

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slave up, slave down.

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I want to leave this
place unremembered.

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The gas stove is leaking and
the door of the refrigerator

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stained with rust.

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The mugs are ugly and
there are only two forks.

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The walls are black
and soft, the bed

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a balloon of night
closing, the stairwell

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sloped to a dragger's pace.

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There are big windows with
blind slaps dusty and gray.

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Street life goes all night.

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And at dawn, freed men shout
and laugh outside the kitchen.

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Where does life begin and end?

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In the lamb or the cotton?

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My pillow is my friend."

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