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GHAZALS: 29 by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR MY HORSE, BROTHERINLAW, WHO HAD NO CHARACTER
Last Line: A FRESH TROUT, SALT, HONEY, AND HEALING MUSIC.
Subject(s): ANGER; IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS;

For my horse, Brotherinlaw, who had no character
breaking into panic at first grizzly scent.

Stuff this up your ass New York City you hissing
clip joint and plaster-mouthed child killer.

In Washington they eat bean soup and there's
bean soup on the streets and in the mouths of monuments.

The bull in the grove of lodgepole pines, a champion
broke his prick against a cow and is now worthless.

For that woman whose mouth has paper burns
a fresh trout, salt, honey, and healing music.



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