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The Road And The End

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I shall foot itDown the roadway in the dusk,Where shapes of hunger wanderAnd the fugitives of pain go by.I shall foot itIn the silence of the morning,See the night slur…

Medallion

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THE BRASS medallion profile of your face I keep always.It is not jingling with loose change in my pockets.It is not stuck up in a show place on the office…

Bilbea

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BILBEA, I was in Babylon on Saturday night.I saw nothing of you anywhere.I was at the old place and the other girls were there, but no Bilbea. Have you gone…

Jaws

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Seven nations stood with their hands on the jaws of death.It was the first week in August, Nineteen Hundred Fourteen.I was listening, you were listening, the whole world was     listening,And…

To A Dead Man

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Over the dead line we have called to youTo come across with a word to us,Some beaten whisper of what happensWhere you are over the dead lineDeaf to our calls…

Kreisler

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SELL me a violin, mister, of old mysterious wood.Sell me a fiddle that has kissed dark nights on the forehead where men kiss sisters they love.Sell me dried wood that…

Pals

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Take a hold nowOn the silver handles here,Six silver handles,One for each of his old pals. Take holdAnd lift him down the stairs,Put him on the rollersOver the floor of…

Dogheads

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AMONG the grassrootsIn the moonlight, who comes circling,  red tongues and high noses?Is one of ’em Buck and one of ’em  White Fang?  In the moonlight, who are they, cross-legged,  telling their stories over…

Have Me

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Have me in the blue and the sun.Have me on the open sea and the mountains. When I go into the grass of the sea floor, I will go alone.This…

Dusty Doors

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CHILD of the Aztec gods,how long must we listen here,how long before we go?  The dust is deep on the lintels.The dust is dark on the doors.If the dreams shake our…