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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: IN A DREAM I SAW SPICER'S BODY HANGING FROM A HUNDRED FEET
Last Line: SPREAD AND ARE THEY PEACEFUL ON THE BOTTOM?
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;
In a dream I saw Spicer's body hanging from a hundred feet
of clothesline rope under the Golden Gate. Ask Weldon Kees
and Lew Welch to make contact, if alive or not. Crane's jump
in all things, a raincoat, borrowed. When I fish the Marquesas
every year I say to the passing fish, have you seen Crane's bones?
How deep and where do they lie and are they drawn together or
spread and are they peaceful on the bottom?



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