Today I am Falling
A sodium pentothal landscape,
a bud about to bread open-
I want to be there, ambassador
to the visiting blossoms, first
to breathe their smothered, secret
odors. Today I am falling, falling,
falling in love, and desire
to leave this place forever.
-James Tate, from The Lost Pilot
A sodium pentothal landscape,
a bud about to bread open-
I want to be there, ambassador
to the visiting blossoms, first
to breathe their smothered, secret
odors. Today I am falling, falling,
falling in love, and desire
to leave this place forever.
-James Tate, from The Lost Pilot
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