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JANUARY by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: AGAIN I REPLY TO THE TRIPLE WINDS
Last Line: ITS DERISIVE MUSIC.
Subject(s): JANUARY;
Again I reply to the triple winds
running chromatic fifths of derision
outside my window:
Play louder.
You will not succeed. I am
bound more to my sentences
the more you batter at me
to follow you.
And the wind,
as before, fingers perfectly
its derisive music.



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