A KUNITZ EXCERPT

A KUNITZ EXCERPT

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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

From "King of the River":

On the threshold

of the last mystery,

at the brute absolute hour,

you have looked into the eyes

of your creature self,

which are glazed with madness,

and you say

he is not broken but endures,

limber and firm

in the state of his shining,

forever inheriting his salt kingdom,

from which he is banished

forever.

-- Stanley Kunitz



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