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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER IKKYU: 5, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Time eats us alive
Last Line: As a single cell in the old mud homestead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Aging
First Line: Time eats us alive
Last Line: As a single cell in the old mud homestead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Aging
Time eats us alive.
On my birthday yesterday
I was only one day older
though I began ten million eons ago
as a single cell in the old mud homestead.
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