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A body at rest tends to stay at rest
in the hope it will not be called upon,
be noticed, be asked to do something
like lend a hand or account for itself.
Three Poems
And when the doctor or one of the people
serving on the tow n’s emergency rescue
team bends down, carefully reaching out
to shutter with the eyelids the staring,
blank eyes, maybe, if the dead one’s lucky,
somebody who knew and might have loved
him or her will wonder to themselves,
is it true? The best is just begun?
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Notes After An Exhibit of
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