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SELF-PORTRAIT 1 by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: YOU LIE PACKED
Last Line: AND GO IN CLOUDS!
Subject(s): SELF;
You lie packed,
Dark:
Turned sluggishly
By plough.
Wheels stir you --
Up behind them!
You tissue out
You drink light
And go in clouds!



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