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An Elegy: December, 1970



Almost four years, and, though I merely guess
What happened, I can feel the minutes’ rush
Settle like snow upon the breathless bed—
And we who loved you, elsewhere, ignorant.
From my deck, in the sun, I watch boys ride
Complexities of wind and wet and wave:
Pale shadows, poised a moment on the light’s
Archaic and divine indifference.

 
 



From Collected Poems by Edgar Bowers, published
by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.
Copyright © 1997 Edgar Bowers. Used with permission.