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Those flapping flags
That the wind cracks
Over the house
Like an attack
Might have been
Potato sacks
If dipped in
Another vat.

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November 20, 1969

Image of the November 20, 1969 issue cover.
Samuel Menashe

Samuel Menashe's New and Selected Poems was published in an expanded edition in 2009. (October 2010)

This Issue

November 20, 1969

Image of the November 20, 1969 issue cover.

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