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“An End in Spring” by W. S. Merwin 🇺🇸 (30 Sep 1927 – 15 Mar 2019)
It is carried beyond itself a little way
And covered with a sky of old bedding
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The compatriots stupid as their tables
Go on eating their packages
Selling gloves to the clocks
Doing alright
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Ceasing to exist it becomes a deity
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It is with the others that are not there
The centuries are named for them the names
Do not come down to us
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On the way to them the words
Die