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21 Pilgrim The family stood in the house of the church. The church stood in the heartland of a maze. A pilgrim came and brought with him the plague. So he got a leg up on the grave, and grew tiresome to the officials. And the pilgrim dwindled, until he was no more than a speck of dust on a shoe. And he caused to be made an inquiry; and the inquiry found him to be guilty of legerdemain. So he hoofed it to the battlefield, where he grew graceful in the emprise. And beautiful women flocked to adore him. And he grew old in a maze, where the music failed him, and he grew wild and contentious. 01.Poems.1-64_Fried.indd฀฀฀21 11/28/05฀฀฀12:33:18฀PM ...

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