In a pine tree,<br> A few yards from my window sill,<br> A brilliant blue jay is springing up … - James Wright

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If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

James Wright

In a pine tree,
A few yards from my window sill,
A brilliant blue jay is springing up and down, up and
down.
On a branch.
I laugh, as I see him abandon himself
To entire delight, for he knows as well as I do
That the branch will not break.

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There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.

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I close my eyes, and think of water.

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