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A WINTER OF LOVE LETTERS AND A MORNING PRAYER: 7 by JANE MILLER

First Line: THE BEECHES ARE VIBRANT BECAUSE THERE IS BLACK
Last Line: LIKE LACE. JANE WITH SUNSPOTS; WITH, ALMOST, GRACE.
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF; MELANCHOLY; TREES; DEJECTION;

The beeches are vibrant because there is black
in them against the horizon. Hundreds of calla lilies,
the sun's fingers nudge the wide-hipped clouds. Here we are

summoned into the world: I pass those whom I pleased
out of disdain to create, what, a style? And those
sulking, coaxed by the beech in full bloom. The bark

was written on, names I can't remember. How long
is your hair now, how long will it be? Hang discretion
and its three-cornered nuts! I love you and vow

I'm no longer idle, climbing a long line of beeches
like lace. Jane with sunspots; with, almost, grace.



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