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CITIES & EMPIRES by DICK ALLEN

Poem Explanation

First Line: THE SECRET IS NOT TO MOVE, THE LADY SAID
Last Line: YOU GO THERE, NO ONE FOLLOWS YOU, THE SHADES ARE DRAWN, %DUST FALLS LIKE FINGERS FROM EACH ONE YOU T

Poem Sources:

THE YELLOW SHOE POETS; SELECTED POEMS, 1964-1999.
  GARRETT, GEORGE (ED.)
  (1999)
 
FLIGHT AND PURSUIT.
  ALLEN, DICK
  (1987)
 
ODE TO THE COLD WAR; POEMS NEW AND SELECTED.
  ALLEN, DICK
  (1997)
 



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