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Today's poem is by Billy Collins

Death Valley
       

O, little spheres of the eyes
which encompass

the world's larger sphere
and are perfectly fitted
to the vast curvature of the sky—

no wonder the crows
prefer to begin with you.



Copyright © 2013 Billy Collins All rights reserved
from Five Points
Reprinted by Verse Daily® with permission

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