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AT HOME by JAMES OPPENHEIM

First Line: THE WORLD IS WILD
Last Line: AND SO AT HOME, AT HOME IN THE BLAST OF THE EMBATTLED HOURS ...

THE world is wild,
And it is a stormy world -- how the stars burn!
How the sea rages!

Every atom is fighting for itself: in tempest and fire!
Tameless and wild!

But I too am wild: real child of this gypsy Mother ...
And so at home, at home in the blast of the embattled hours ...



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