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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: PHENOMENON. AGONIES. MOSTLY UNSHARED. DEAR FRIENDS
Last Line: PLACE A KITTEN NEAR A CANDLE WHEN BORED.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;
Phenomenon. Agonies. Mostly unshared. Dear Friends
the nightmare I recounted was pastel. I believed in numbers.
What is so crisp and intense as a number? Not our bodies
in their average frenzies. Fortunately the heart
doesn't melt as wax does at the sight of a kitten.
Place a kitten near a candle when bored.



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