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9 Beso’s Equanimity He studies cabbage butterflies, bees gathered on the rim of his water bucket, and birds feasting on a sudden blizzard of downy thistle seeds. I believe that when evil fell upon Beso, that he regarded it with the same equanimity and complained loudly, kicked, and bit the demon. 10 Beso’s Hooves He tracks the plowing a mile away with his left ear but does not look. Beso’s hooves have known roads twisted like sheeps’ guts and bad weather. And what with broken wheels and so on, I won’t say it wasn’t hard going, Over roads twisted like sheeps’ guts. —Ezra Pound, “Exile’s Letter” ...

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