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56 Brendan, Born at easter On easter we eat a cake shaped like the rabbit Who brings eggs to the children of this world. We talk of magic as a jelly bean Passes through my head From ear to ear. all things make sense in my friends’ house. The hostess excuses herself To go to the hospital To pick up Brendan, who is waiting for spring. The guests’ hearts stand in the kitchen Round and ready as eggs. everyone is full with children. Brendan passes through my head like magic; My heart beats like a phone ringing at twothirty , and I smile from ear to ear Like a rabbit. every leaf in Connecticut has come out to see The future, as it changes colors. Rabbits wait in bushes for the summer, and deer are flying through thickets; Their hooves are heartbeats In the breasts Of father, son, and dinnerguest. 57 Brendan passes through his mother like magic, and lies like a baby for a while, dreaming of rabbits, one hand on his nose, The other on his ear. ...

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