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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: AWAKE. A DAB OF NUMERO UNO IN THE SMOKING
Last Line: AND THEIR EYES ARE PINK WITH HOPELESS ENERGY.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;

Awake. A dab of numero uno in the smoking
pipe. The whole table in Montana loves
each other. They are relaxing from a long
day's sleep. The women are beautiful
and clean, the men young and ambitious.
They verge on taking over something not quite
comprehensible. The dance begins. Libidinous.
A horse's nose is pressed against the kitchen
window. It seems the very room wants to rise
up and screw but these are the sons and daughters
of an @3entre@1 act, of Calvin, pre-Korean, middle Nam.
And their eyes are pink with hopeless energy.



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