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at the faucet of
June that rings
the triangle of the air

pulling at the
anemonies in
Persephone's cow pasture

When from among
the steel rocks leaps
J. P. M.

who enjoyed
extraordinary privileges
among virginity

to solve the core
of whirling flywheels
by cutting

the Gordian knot
with a Veronese or
perhaps a Rubens —

whose cars are about
the finest on
the market today —

And so it comes