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IN PASSING
by Lisel Mueller
How swiftly the strained honey
of afternoon light
flows into darkness
and the closed bud shrugs off
its special mystery
in order to break into blossom:
as if what exists, exists
so that it can be lost
and become precious
The poems reprinted here appear in Lisel Mueller's Alive Together (Baton
Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996). Copyright © 1996
by Lisel Mueller. Used with the author's permission. |
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