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The Beach Women

by Robert Pinsky
Issue #7
Spring 1975
In the fierce peak of the day it’s quietly they wade With spread arms into the blue breakers rushing white And swim seemingly with no tension, the arms Curved, the head’s gestures circular and slow. They walk dripping back into...

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