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Pastimes : Calling all SI Poets
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To: MSB who wrote (1996)6/13/2000 11:23:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (1) of 2095
 
THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS
~Charles Simic

The poets of the Late Tang Dynasty
Could do nothing about it except to write:
"On the western hills the sun sets...
Horses blown by the whirlwind tread the clouds."

I could not help myself either. I felt joy
Even at the sight of a crow circling
As I stretched out on the grass
Alone now with the silence of the sky.

Only the wind making a slight rustle
As it turned the pages of the book by my side,
Back and forth, searching for something
For that bloody crow to read.

[your'e welcome]
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