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KENNETΗ REXROTH

BLUES

grey as the arctic
grey as the sea
grey as the heart
grey as the bird in the tree

red as the sun
red as the robin
red as the heart
red as the axe in the tree

blue as the star
blue as the gull
blue as the heart
blue as the air in the tree

black as the tongue
black as the vulture
black as the heart
black as the hanged girl in the tree


KENNETH REXROTH (1905-1982)

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image: "Pittsburgh Memory", 1964, by Romare Bearden (1911-1988)