An Homage: The End of Some More Land
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I’m sitting on a rock
near some pine trees
in the thick fog. In
a couple of hours
the sun will rise
over these very trees
& shine through the
windows of the cottage
where Norma & Saroyan
are sleeping.
My clothes
are wet. My skin
is wet. I’m shivering.
The wetness isn’t from
the fog, nor is it raining:
the earth is crying
2
The bull dozers
parked out there.
The turn of the engines,
the feet against
the accelerators,
coming this morning, spitting
black oil smoke
into the air
killing what remains
of this land
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Norma, Saroyan, & myself
in the outdoor shower
when the sun
rises over the trees
Saroyan says:
“Let’s have an all hug”
from An Homage The End Of Some More Land. Copyright © James Humphrey Trust
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