The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
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Introduction by Mary Karr
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I make no prayer
For the spoilt season,
The weed of Eden.
I make no prayer.
Save us the green
In the weed of time.
Now is November;
In night uneasy
Nothing I say.
I make no prayer.
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| ISBN | 0811201910 |
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| ISBN | 0374506280 |
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I said
Mr. Schafer
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and
he said
Oh no
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