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HAZY DAY IN THE COMPOSITION by CLARENCE MAJOR

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First Line: TRYING FOR A TIGERISH KIND

Trying for a tigerish kind.
Something like a horse.
Keep this in mind -- then blue.
The liquid world of geometry.
A lost-wax process.
Blue-mercurial.
Count the trees: four kinds.
Beach and sand then sky.
A dark alcove but less of it.
A column emerges briefly.
Yellow again then the sound.
All types then the sound again.
Pink baby in a white sack.
Bullfrog with green stripes.
As though it were a ghost town.


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98368-0271, www.cc.press.org



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