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Article: Choosing a Stone
- Article from:
- Anuario Filosófico
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Hudson Review Spring 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The tide pulls back, leaving its cargo of stones
on the broad counter of sand.
A boy takes only black stones halved with a white thread,
like a parcel too private to open.
His mother gathers stones that mimic food:
two quartz eggs and a granite potato
and a loaf of bread with a cold crust.
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