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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GIFT, by ABU AIYUB
First Line: I thought that it would bring me luck
Last Line: And I was struck apart.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving
First Line: I thought that it would bring me luck
Last Line: And I was struck apart.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving
I thought that it would bring me luck
To send a knife to you,
But my predictions came unstuck:
The omens proved too true.
The dagger is a digger, but
You dug it in my heart:
The cutter cut, the shutter shut,
And I was struck apart.
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