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111 Rumors of Topography First, decide where water stops And ice begins. Then, where ice Ends and land takes over. As if You will ever see the land, here, Or anything lying under the ice That cannot shrug it off. Try, Beginning from the other end, to discern Exactly the line between sky And cloud, cloud And mountain. Nobody’s settled Anything yet. Try to decide Where the horizon locates itself And whether the sun hovers above it Or, selfless illusionist, has merely Projected itself on the air: all For your pleasure, that show of light The moment darkness descends 112 And threatens not to lift. For months, also For your pleasure, the question: Where Darkness ends and you begin. ...

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