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Grace,฀Fallen฀from ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Wesleyan฀Poetry also฀b฀arianne฀boruch Poetry Ghost฀and฀Oar฀(chapbook) Poems:฀New฀and฀Selected A฀Stick฀that฀Breaks฀and฀Breaks Moss฀Burning Descendant View฀from฀the฀Gazebo Prose฀on฀Poetry฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ In฀the฀Blue฀Pharmacy Poetry’s฀Old฀Air ฀ ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ Grace,฀Fallen฀from Marianne฀Boruch Wesleyan฀University฀Press Middletown,฀Connecticut Published by Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress© 2008 by Marianne Boruch All rights reserved First Wesleyan paperback 2010 isbn for the paperback edition: 978–0–8195–6953–0 cip data appear at the end of the book Printed in the United States of America฀ 5 ฀ 4 ฀ 3 ฀ 2 ฀ 1 cover฀illustration: Hammershoi,Wilhelm (1864–1916).“Rest,” oil on canvas, 1905,฀49.5 x฀46.5 cm. Photo: Michele Bellot. Photo courtesy of Réunion des Musées Nationaux / Art Resource, NY. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. —in฀memory฀of฀Don฀Dunlap,฀still฀here This page intentionally left blank “Only฀one฀thing฀is฀true:฀฀in฀me,฀a฀weight,฀a฀little฀stone.” —Paul฀Klee This page intentionally left blank ...