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NIGHTMARE by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THROUGH THE BLINDS
Last Line: MERCUROUS IN THE MOON.
Subject(s): CHANGE; DREAMS; FEAR; NIGHTMARES;

Through the blinds
a white arm caresses a vase of zinnias

beneath the skin
of a pond the laughter of an eye

in the loft
the hot straw suffocates
the rafters become snakes

through the mow door
three deer in a cool pasture
nibbling at the grass
mercurous in the moon.



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