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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The snowflakes are swirling, blotting out<BR>
With my foot the supple ball, for perhaps<BR>From point to point of meaning—open? closed?—<BR>
Of Boyg of Normandy . . .<BR>A salamander scuttles across the quiet<BR>
and turn it into something cartoon-funny.<BR>Of observation lying on the ground<BR>
Hoarfrost is in his bones and on his head,<BR>Away, my songs, must we go<BR>
Yes. The obvious<BR>Alberti, Brunelleschi, Sangallo,<BR>
Beyond ice floe and berg and ice-bound sea,<BR>More beautiful than anything in this world.<BR>
XI. Franklin's Last Voyage<BR>"Now it's my turn to sing!"<BR>
The line between the outside and this room<BR>Toward . . . that seems to be the whispered question<BR>
Summer bees were saying<BR>Among us, only Alberti, then Sangallo,<BR></FONT></DIV>
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