POINTS ON THE GRID
George Bowering
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HISTORY OF POETS: JAKE BARNES
........Jake Barnes by the bull
.................ring
........................bested, unsworded
........left without a charge
........................elbows on berrera
........................leaning & looking
........................into the fight
fiesta drawn by Hemingway
......thirty five years ago
............................the matador &
........................the bull
...............................for a second
........................they were one
...............................sculpted form
........or Brett Ashley
........caught in a room
........................for a second
...............................while Jake Barnes
...............................doesnt know the day
...............................is cut off
........a way out
........of what?
................fiesta doesnt last
................forever
................ashes fall
................& sand is swept clean
................over blood
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