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They’ve arrested that father in Romulus, charged him with arson and murder. On the news, he’s yanked away in handcuffs, angular with anger and grief.
Paul, burly in a cardigan, reads about a dying man. ... |
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We have become more intimate with you Than lovers, had more mastery of your limbs Than childhood taught you. Once you looked inside Your spirit, offered your heart to someone dear. Now you have let us strangers heft that heart And... |
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(for the class of 1977’s 30-Year Reunion) “Ithaca, forever” . . . whatever a hopeful dream, a wish that, like Ulysses, we might come home if we could ever outlive our students loans. ... |
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When Shadrach left the furnace All Babylon was ablaze, Terrible and brilliant light Slashing and clawing from walls Of yellow brick, from palm fronds, From the high sun that echoed Jubilation. The shafts leaped ... |