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THE SOUNDS THAT ARRIVED by MILO DE ANGELIS

First Line: THE WOLF IS STILL UNDER THE BLANKET

The wolf is still under the blanket
and a thousand questions are needed to grasp it
even if the desire
is to believe in everything at once
uttering a quiet, intense thanks
the unity of the sand, the right hand touching
the luminous left on the Egyptian statues
a calm that remains,
blooms again in the rite, this June
it's an answered prayer
the schoolmistress, the little stairs
the hair color is in the womb
and then the golden instant,
the lemon's dark green.


Used by permission of Story Line Press.



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