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I COULD TAKE by HAYDEN CARRUTH

Poet Analysis

First Line: I COULD TAKE
Last Line: imperfections that match
Subject(s): LEAVES;
I could take
two leaves
and give you one.
Would that not be
a kind of perfection?

But I prefer
one leaf
torn to give you half
showing

(after these years, simply)
love's complexity in an act,
the tearing and
the unique edges --

one leaf (one word) from the two
imperfections that match.


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