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THE PARADOX by JAMES OPPENHEIM

First Line: THE WHEELING HEAVENS, AT THIS MOMENT WHEELING
Last Line: THEY WOULD HURRY AND HIDE, LIKE CHILDREN AFRAID OF THE DARK.

THE wheeling heavens, at this moment wheeling:
The self-absorbed crowds in the street...
Gigantic paradox!
If they saw the sublimity of which they are part
They would hurry and hide, like children afraid of the dark.



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