The Story
by Mark Strand
It is the old story: complaints about the moon
sinking into the sea, about stars in their first fading,
about the lawn wet with dew, the lawn silver, the lawn cold.
It goes on and on: a man stares at his shadow
and says it’s the ash of himself falling away, says his days
are the real black holes in space. But none of it’s true.
You know the one I mean: it’s the story about the minutes dying,
and the hours, and the years; it’s the story I tell
about myself, about you, about everyone.
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936 South Cooper
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 278-7484
www.burkesbooks.com
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