Hymns to Poseidon

1.They sleep on their shadows,long for no one,their speech drifts weightlessthrough their lanes.Gold thread, fistfuls of barley,a jar of Aristaeus’s gold,an old woman’s needle,her pearly lace lining the harbor road.Taxis for Darnis awaiting passengers,Sudanese farmhands milling about,and into the bay,...

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