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THE UNDERMINING OF THE DEFENSE ECONOMY
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Here, in the American Midwest, Those seeds fly out of the field and across the strange heaven of my skull. They scatter out of their wings a quiet farewell, A greeting to my country. Now twilight gathers, A long sundown. Silos creep away toward the west. THE UNDERMINING OF THE DEFENSE ECONOMY Stairway, face, window, Mottled animals Running over the publicbuildings. Maple and elm. In the autumn Of early evening, A pumpkin Lies on its side, Turning yellow as the face Of a discharged general. It's no use complaining, the economy Is going to hell with all these radical Changes, Girls the color of butterflies That can't be sold. Only after nightfall, Little boys lie still, awake, Wondering, wondering, Delicate little boxes of dust. THE BRANCH WILL NOT BREAK 123 ...