Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON


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First Line: Are these horses less wonderful for my daughter having to shovel
Last Line: Horse eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians


Are these horses less wonderful for my daughter having to shovel
horseshit an hour a day? The teacher would say someone has
to do it and go on to the social contract before a lunch of
cheese sandwiches, tomato soup and chalk dust a la mode.
But we are thinking of horses not teachers. And of the shovel
and the dreaded weight at the end that is less useful than
the much ruminated cow manure. Throw it out the door.
Sally, Nancy, Belle, Saud & Tramp watch with soft curious
horse eyes.





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