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Article: Apostrophe.(Poetry)(Poem)
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- The Antioch Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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How many in a field
of wheat, and to whom
do they belong? 0 death, 0
grave, Bright star, thou bleeding piece
of earth, thou shouldst be
living at this hour, world without
synonym, amen. But I
digress, turn away like Giotto's
contrapposto Christ, apostle
of contrecoeur--nothing like the cardinal
calling this morning, the third
fifty-degree day at the end
of December, to his cinnamon
mate. The headline says, "Pope Calls
Cardinals to Rome." But will they
come? It is written ...