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Rae Armantrout
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Haunted, they say, believingthe soft, shifty
dunes are made up
of false promises.
Many believe
whatever happens
is the other half
of a conversation.
Many whisper
white lies
to the dead.
“The boys are doing really well.”
Some think
nothing is so
until it has been witnessed.
They believe
the bits are iffy;
the forces that bind them,
absolute.
© 2008, Rae Armantrout
From: Poetry, Vol. 192, No. 3, June
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
From: Poetry, Vol. 192, No. 3, June
Publisher: Poetry, Chicago
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Haunted, they say, believingthe soft, shifty
dunes are made up
of false promises.
Many believe
whatever happens
is the other half
of a conversation.
Many whisper
white lies
to the dead.
“The boys are doing really well.”
Some think
nothing is so
until it has been witnessed.
They believe
the bits are iffy;
the forces that bind them,
absolute.
From: Poetry, Vol. 192, No. 3, June
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