There was an ocean above us, held in by a thin sac that might rupture and let down a flood at any second.
Too often our visions of the futureare dull and impotentlike a hammer beating the water.
Like A Hammer:Poems 1990 - 1999
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Too often our visions of the futureare dull and impotentlike a hammer beating the water.
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