Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THREE NIGHT SONGS: 3, by JAMES HARRISON



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First Line: The mask riddles itself
Last Line: A music comes to the point of horror.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Fear; Masks; Night; Bedtime


The mask riddles itself,
there's heat through the eye slits,
a noise of breathing,
the plaster around the mouth is wet;
and the dark takes no effort,
dark against deeper dark,
the mask dissembles,
a music comes to the point of horror.





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