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“An End in Spring” by W. S. Merwin 🇺🇸 (30 Sep 192715 Mar 2019)
It is carried beyond itself a little way
And covered with a sky of old bedding
The compatriots stupid as their tables
Go on eating their packages
Selling gloves to the clocks
Doing alright
Ceasing to exist it becomes a deity
It is with the others that are not there
The centuries are named for them the names
Do not come down to us
On the way to them the words
Die