the harrow

Four Pauses

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© 2003 Andrew Hinton
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Under a passing shadow, the crow
looks up from the drainpipe's puddle.

In the new pressure of coming rain
the house empties of sound.

The child upstairs awakens
from her dream of drowning.

In the empty bathtub, the black ant,
dying, curls into a comma.

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