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OLD BARN by JANICE BLANCHARD

First Line: ON THE EDGE OF THE TOWN
Last Line: YOUR DAY IS DONE.
Subject(s): TOWNS;
On the edge of the town
See the old barn sag
With a drop in its ridge
Like a sway-backed nag,
And the shingles torn
By the west wind's will
Fly from the skeleton rafters
Until
You may count its starved ribs,
One by one;
Old barn, old horse,
Your day is done.



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