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"Nothing is plumb, level or square:
the studs are bowed, the joists
are shaky by nature,"
Alan Dugan (b. 1923), U.S. poet. Love Song: I and Thou (l. 1-3). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"bent nails
dance all over the surfacing
like maggots"
Alan Dugan (b. 1923), U.S. poet. Love Song: I and Thou (l. 5-7). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
"I can nail my left palm
to the left-hand cross-piece but
I can't do everything myself.
I need a hand to nail the right,
a help, a love, a you, a wife."
Alan Dugan (b. 1923), U.S. poet. Love Song: I and Thou (l. 27-31). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. (2d ed., 1988) W. W. Norton & Company. |
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