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upside down -- hooded,
trussed and writhing.
Some die, which is a relief.
After the hanging, there's
no letting them go.
You asked me what I dreamt of.
Now you know.
Ordinary phrases like "which is a relief" and "now you know" gain extraordinary power in these artful, heartbreaking poems.
(Eliza Griswold's poems are from her book "Wideawake Field." Farrar Straus Giroux. Copyright 2007 by Eliza Griswold.)
Robert Pinsky was poet laureate of the United States
from 1997 through 2000.
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