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AN ALLEGORY by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: I OFFER MY BACK TO THE SILKEN NET
Last Line: SAY, “HOW EVERYTHING SHINES”
I can see how a child
would believe it is new
to the world and needs
to be cared for
and I can see
how an old man near death
would require the same treatment
his death new to him
and to me.



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