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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: START WITH SEVEN FOR LUCK
Last Line: FEET DEEP. NOTHING NEED BE FORGIVEN.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;

Start with seven for luck:
homo erectus, erect of course,
a compass, viper, wand or club,
gun, usual knife with any her or she
in repose for imagined punishment.
See him shudder, "throb" the books say,
quake, his flanks with a doggish bend.
Her eyes stare past his ear, they are
a green not found in nature and three
feet deep. Nothing need be forgiven.



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