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TO A HOSTESS SAYING GOOD NIGHT Shake out the ruffle, turn and go, Over the trellis blow the kiss. Some of the guests will never know Another night to shadow this. Some of the birds awake in vines Will never see another face So frail, so lovely anyplace Between the birdbath and the bines. 0 dark come never down to you. 1 look away and look away: Over the moon the shadows go, Over your shoulder, nebulae. Some of the vast, the vacant stars Will never see your face at all, Your frail, your lovely eyelids fall Between Andromeda and Mars. A POEM ABOUT GEORGE DOTY IN THE DEATH HOUSE Lured by the wall, and drawn To stare below the roof, Where pigeons nest aloof From prowling cats and men, I count the sash and bar Secured to granite stone, And note the daylight gone, Supper and silence near. Close to the wall inside, Immured, empty of love, A man I have wondered of Lies patient, vacant-eyed. A month and a day ago He stopped his car and found from THE GREEN WALL 25 ...

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