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December 1998

Thomas Rowlandson, "Westminster Abbey."
 
  • David Alpaugh
  • Turner Cassity
  • Richard Cecil
  • Billy Collins
  • Elton Glaser
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Becune Point

Stunned heat of noon. In shade, tan, silken cows
hide in the thorned acacias. A butterfly staggers.
      
Stamping their hooves from thirst, small horses drowse
or whinny for water. On parched, ochre headlands, daggers

of agave bristle in primordial defense,
like a cornered monster backed...
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