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GHAZALS: 33 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: THAT HER LEFT FOOT IS SMALLER IF ONLY SLIGHTLY
Last Line: BRUISED MY THIGH. I PLANTED APPLE TREES ALL DAY.
Subject(s): LOVE AFFAIRS;

That her left foot is smaller if only slightly
than her right and when bare cloven down to the arch.

Lovers when they are up and down and think they are whirling
look like a pink tractor tire from the ceiling.

Drag the wooden girl to the fire but don't throw
her in as would the Great Diana of Asia.

Oh the price, the price price. Oh the toll, the toll toll.
Oh the cost, the cost cost. Of her he thought.

To dogs and fire, Bengal tiger, gorilla, Miura bull
throw those who hate thee, let my love be perfect.

I will lift her up out of Montana where her hoof
bruised my thigh. I planted apple trees all day.



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