Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: Awake. A dab of numero uno in the smoking
Last Line: And their eyes are pink with hopeless energy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians


Awake. A dab of numero uno in the smoking
pipe. The whole table in Montana loves
each other. They are relaxing from a long
day's sleep. The women are beautiful
and clean, the men young and ambitious.
They verge on taking over something not quite
comprehensible. The dance begins. Libidinous.
A horse's nose is pressed against the kitchen
window. It seems the very room wants to rise
up and screw but these are the sons and daughters
of an entre act, of Calvin, pre-Korean, middle Nam.
And their eyes are pink with hopeless energy.





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