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Eileen Tabios and David Hess – Poem


Eileen Tabios and David Hess

Poem


Black crow’s
black beak

hits the window

O glass–
you perpetrator

The sky
is blue as

a bridemaid’s
gown

or a bride’s
hidden lace

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