At the Bureau of Divine Music

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at the bureau of divine music a light as of the end of the boulevards W A L L A C E ST E V E N S at the bureau of divine music poems by michael heffernan WAY N E STAT E U N I V ER SI T Y PR E S S DET ROI T © 2011 byWayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. Manufactured in the United States of America. 15 14 13 12 11 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Heffernan, Michael, 1942– At the bureau of divine music : poems / by Michael Heffernan. p. cm. — (Made in Michigan writers series) ISBN 978-0-8143-3510-9 (alk. paper) I. Title. PS3558.E413A95 2011 811’.54—dc22 2010028318 Designed and typeset by Maya Rhodes Composed in Horley Old Style MT For Ann ...