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THER LOVER by DAVID IGNATOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: I'D TELL OF STONES DROPPING UPON ME
Last Line: WERE WELL AND BEHOVEL
Subject(s): LOVE – COMPLAINTS;
I accept the candle handed to me
out of the dark where I hear
the thunder of Roman troops.
The candle is lit, floating down
from over the heads of the fighters
against Rome. I place it
in a candle holder and set the light
beside my bed. In its ray
the thunderous troops recede.
I pick up a history of the Jews
and read. My story.



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