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The Mice
For the Greeks, who had no word for irreversible death, one did
not die, one darkened.
—Mark Strand
Where the Japanese iris right
now stand ready to
accept the inevitable
purple blossom
she found four dead mice
in their nest of dirt and dusty fur
all with their small ears pointed like pilgrims
toward the trunk of the huge cottonwood.
not die, one darkened.
—Mark Strand
Where the Japanese iris right
now stand ready to
accept the inevitable
purple blossom
she found four dead mice
in their nest of dirt and dusty fur
all with their small ears pointed like pilgrims
toward the trunk of the huge cottonwood.
