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SUMMER by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: MEN AND WOMEN AT THE BEACH
Last Line: to return and be at / rest

Men and women at the beach
exhibiting themselves in briefs,
hoping to be touched, talked to,
embraced -- the sea,
eye of the earth, observing them
and sending little messages
to return and be at
rest.



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