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THE SKIFF by AL-MUNSAFI

First Line: ITS LEGS UNLOOPING
Last Line: LASHES OF THE EYE.

Its legs unlooping
I watched a swimmer glide,
A falcon swooping
By eagles terrified:

An eyeball squinting
Acutely at the sky,
Its oars the glinting
Lashes of the eye.



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