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This is an earlier poem, the
first poem in this collection.

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It's called The
Shadow On The Wall.

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And the poem is
spoken by a shadow,

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not in this case, the shadow
of any object in particular,

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but the shadow of
oncoming evening.

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The Shadow on the Wall.

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At the beginning of my
hour the wind falls.

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In the thick branch of
my dark, the sun howls,

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when only light carries the
river along, you see me.

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Turn three times around, close
the left eye only, and I grow.

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In tricks of light,
I come to live.

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Beneath the dark
my own dark slides.

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I divide upon stones.

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I become too many to see.

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From what day leaves
behind, I have made signs.

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Beware the deep woods.

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Do not think you are ever alone.

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All directions, I
give where I stand.

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Tree branch reaches
out, I am the tree.

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And I am the first
dream you'll find.

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Now on the hill,
the color of wind.

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Now on the shore, the color
of bones, and of rain saying,

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I can be anyone you need.