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NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION by JAMES HARRISON

Poet Analysis

First Line: OVERHEARD STORY IN MONTANA BAR: SHE THOUGHT WHEN SHE LOST
Last Line: WITH AMBIVALENT AFFECTION FOR GUNS & EWES, MARES & DRUDGERY.
Subject(s): ANGER; ITALY; WISHES; ITALIANS;

Overheard story in Montana bar: She thought when she lost
her teeth we'd divorce and she cried a lot; so I said
to her we won't divorce but we'll marry someone else. The vaunted
simplicity of cowboys who are really cossacks - the horse
rhythms obviously affecting the brain chemistry. A slavic tribe
with ambivalent affection for guns & ewes, mares & drudgery.



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