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NEW MEXICO by DAVID IGNATOW

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First Line: THE SUN BLAZES IN SILENCE
Last Line: DARKNESS AND COLD.
Subject(s): NEW MEXICO; SUN;
The sun blazes in silence
for there is no one to speak to
like the sun. The men sit
under it, bored, filled
with inferiorities and resentments
which they turn toward the blue onyx
of the sky, sending up planes
in defiance, whipping the air,
but nothing is said, for the sun
leaves behind its own contempt:
darkness and cold.



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