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Randall Mann
Fiduciary
Fiduciary
Fiduciary
the relationship betweenblackbird and fencepost, between
the cow and its egret, the field
and wildflowers overrunning the field—
so little depends upon their trust.
Here, in God we trust
to keep our cash and thoughts in line—
in the sky, an unexplained white line
could be the first of many omens.
But this is no country for omens,
the line as chalky as the moon,
bleak and useless as the moon
now rising like a breath of cold air . . .
There is gullibility in the air.
© 2002, Randall Mann
From: Poetry, Vol. 180, No. 2, May
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
From: Poetry, Vol. 180, No. 2, May
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
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Fiduciary
the relationship betweenblackbird and fencepost, between
the cow and its egret, the field
and wildflowers overrunning the field—
so little depends upon their trust.
Here, in God we trust
to keep our cash and thoughts in line—
in the sky, an unexplained white line
could be the first of many omens.
But this is no country for omens,
the line as chalky as the moon,
bleak and useless as the moon
now rising like a breath of cold air . . .
There is gullibility in the air.
From: Poetry, Vol. 180, No. 2, May
Fiduciary
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