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AFTER IKKYU: 31 by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: COME DOWN TO EARTH! GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS!
Last Line: IN A BROWN PICKUP TRUCK ON A SUMMER EVENING.
Subject(s): LECTURES; ADDRESSES; SPEAKING; PUBLIC SPEAKING;

Come down to earth! Get your head out of your ass!
Get your head out of the clouds! Stop mooning around!
Pay attention. Get to work on time.
Time and tide that wait for no man willingly
pause for the barearmed girl brushing her hair
in a brown pickup truck on a summer evening.



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