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AFTER IKKYU: 4 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF WORK
Last Line: THESE CHESS PIECES, SLIPPERY WITH BLOOD.
Subject(s): DOUBT; SKEPTICISM;
After thirty years of work
I take three months off
and wait for the mirror's image to fade.
These chess pieces, slippery with blood.



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