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“Despair” by W. S. Merwin 🇺🇸 (30 Sep 192715 Mar 2019)
Some lit theirs at both ends.
Some clutched theirs as a blind man does his cane.
Some sucked theirs like the only orange.
Some packed clean shirts and a few socks in theirs.
Some spent their lives looking for theirs and they were wearing it all the time.
Some neglected theirs but the roots found a way.
Some buried theirs. The stones tell when and where.