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LITTLE LITANY

 


LITTLE LITANY

 

after De Chirico

 

-       Peter Robinson (U.K.)

 

Another enigma of departure

when searching for the known

you hear a peacock’s cry.

 

Another enigma of departure:

long shadows in piazza

stretch porticos and chimney.

 

Another enigma of departure

has peahens, white and brown,

a white one’s quick black eye.

 

Another enigma of departure

shows stains in coffee glasses,

pink roses’ garden urns.

 

Another enigma of departure

now those ornamental birds

patrolling grounds can hardly fly.

 

Another enigma of departure

is authenticated on the back

with the artist’s signature.

 

Another enigma of departure

brings all the things to which

we’ll have to say goodbye.

 

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