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O death where is thy victory? O death where is thy sting?
Once there were wolves in the mountains,
Great golden eagles nest among the highest outcrops
a huge female, old and burnished, is kept alive in a cage in the town.
there is divine malice in the...
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Man came down the ladder to the plain a long time ago.
the caves in the canyons and the tops of the mesas
ancient ears of corn,
They have assumed the names and gestures of their enemies, but have held on to their own, secret souls;
the corrugated iron roofs gleaming, the bright orchards,
dripping from a faucet and the drone of bees,
The bees had not yet gone away.
the momentary scuttle of a quail;
the low whistle and blowing of the mares
the deep black wall of stalks and leaves, vibrating slowly
He set a blessing upon the corn and took up his hoe.
his blood was always slow to thaw
a slow, druidic procession
Embers and ashes rose
shimmering columns of heat
odor of cedar and gum...
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the first covered wagons had come into view.
lean young men on horseback, drab and drunk;
beautiful straight-backed girls
the pantin...
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year the agony of recognition and retreat.
the glaze of rain water rose
her lungs the purest electric scent of the air.
the odor of boiled coffee,
sweet fat which dripped and sizzled on the embers,
a great black snake writhing, drew out of the mouth of the canyon,
a framework of wood and wire, covered with boughs of cedar and pine.
The medicine men presided over the little horse with prayers and plumes, pollen and meal.
a large skeleton of wood,
painted numerous white rings
The solemn little horse vibrated before him;
passed out and lay in his vomit on the floor
the moan of the wind in the wires.
He withdrew the knife and thrust again,
the slant of the blade across the bowels,
whimpering now, exhausted.
the bones were dissolving within
