Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFTER IKKYU: 31, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: Come down to earth! Get your head out of your ass!
Last Line: In a brown pickup truck on a summer evening.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Lectures; Addresses; Speaking; Public Speaking


Come down to earth! Get your head out of your ass!
Get your head out of the clouds! Stop mooning around!
Pay attention. Get to work on time.
Time and tide that wait for no man willingly
pause for the barearmed girl brushing her hair
in a brown pickup truck on a summer evening.





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