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Rita Dove - Thomas and Beulah (1986)

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The house, shut up like a pocket watch,
those tight hearts breathing inside —
she could never invent them.


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Twelve years to the day
he puts the blue worry bead into his mouth.
The trick is to swallow your good luck, too.
Last words to a daughter...
and a wink to remember him by.


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The hat on the table
in the dining room
is no pet trained
to sit still. Three
pearl-tipped spears and Beulah
maneuvering her shadow
to the floor. The hat
is cold. The hat
wants more.


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Born: August 28, 1952 (age 72)
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