S E P T E M B E R 1 9 9 5 ![]() BONE KEYby Richard Wilbur | |||||||||||||
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"He used to call his body Brother Ass. . . ." -- Saint Bonaventure, Life of Saint Francis You would think that here, at least, In dens by night, on tawny sands by day, Poor Brother Ass would be a kingly beast. So does the casuarina seem to say,
Whose kindred haziness
And Angel's Trumpets, which
It's hardihood that thrives,
Or the white mangrove, nursed
Protectively attire
Copyright © 1995 by The Atlantic Monthly Company. All rights reserved. The Atlantic Monthly; September 1995; Bone Key; Volume 276, No. 3; page 83. |
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