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“An Island in the Harbor” by W. S. Merwin 🇺🇸 (30 Sep 1927 – 15 Mar 2019)
My own country my countrymen the exchanges
Yes this is the place
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The flag of the blank wall the birds of money
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Prisoners in the watch towers
And the motto
The hopes of others our
Guardians
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Even here
Spring passes looking for the cradles
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The beating on the bars of the cages
Is caught and parcelled out to the bells
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It is twelve the prisoners’ own hour
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The mouse bones in the plaster
Prepare for the resurrection