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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: AT FOUR IN THE MORNING MY BODY BUMPED AGAINST THE CEILING
Last Line: RATHER, EARTH LOST TO ME AS SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME WELL.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;
At four in the morning my body bumped against the ceiling.
Thank Jesus for ceilings or I would have been lost to earth,
rather, earth lost to me as she doesn't know me well.



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