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SPRING SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: HAVING DIED / ONE IS AT GREAT ADVANTAGE
Last Line: HAND IN HAND IN THE DIRT WITH YOU.
Subject(s): DEATH; DESIRE;

Having died
one is at great advantage
over his fellows --
one can pretend.

And so,
the smell of earth
being upon you too --
I pretend

there is something
temptingly foreign
some subtle difference,
one last amour

to be divided for
our death-necklaces, when
I would merely lie
hand in hand in the dirt with you.



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