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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MISDIRECTION, by ELEANOR SLATER
First Line: I shape the vessel of my life
Last Line: Out of a copper urn.
Subject(s): Life
First Line: I shape the vessel of my life
Last Line: Out of a copper urn.
Subject(s): Life
I shape the vessel of my life,
Hammer it cold, hammer it hot.
I try my best to make of it
What it is not.
Blow, bellows, blow.
Burn, fire, burn. --
I try to shape a silver vase
Out of a copper urn.
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