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AFTER IKKYU: 41 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: HOME AGAIN. IT LOOKED DIFFERENT FOR A MOMENT
Last Line: DECADE, OR SLOW DOWN BIG PONY, FAT SNAKE SHED ANOTHER SKIN.

Home again. It looked different for a moment.
The birds, while not decrepit, flew slower.
The dogs wagged and licked their greetings,
then went back to sleep, unmindful of airplanes.
The new moon said either gather yourself for your last
decade, or slow down big pony, fat snake shed another skin.



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