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SUMMER SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: WANDERER MOON / SMILING A / FAINTLY IRONICAL SMILE
Last Line: WHERE WOULD THEY CARRY ME?

Wanderer moon
smiling a
faintly ironical smile
at this
brilliant, dew-moistened
summer morning, --
a detached
sleepily indifferent
smile, a
wanderer's smile, --
if I should
buy a shirt
your color and
put on a necktie
sky-blue
where would they carry me?



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