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“As hard as the diamonds in your smile,
the wind carries its hammers with no hands
and sustains a moan with no mouth,

seems to cradle solitude in its rough arms like firewood
to be burned in my house as it passes through
and asks, “Where does she sparkle from?”

BJ Ward, Jackleg Opera: Collected Poems, 1990 to 2013
tags: american, poetry
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Jackleg Opera: Collected Poems, 1990 to 2013 (Io Poetry Series Book 7) Jackleg Opera: Collected Poems, 1990 to 2013 by B.J. Ward
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