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Why Fret and Gnaw Your Hands? a poem - benpalpant.com
He stood alonein the rabble kingdom.The racket and the roar swelled around himso he sat downon a stoneand spoke: “Why fret and gnaw your hands?Why squirm on a bed of nails? Study the gray wagtailwith sunlight burstingfrom his chest.Watch him swoop to catch color, contentwith mayflies,water,and air.Is he not splendidin his smallness? And behold blue […]
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