Wicker, C. V.

English

University of New Mexico

New Mexico Quarterly
Volume 11 | Issue 3 Article 19
1941
Conquest for Mussolini
C. V. Wicker
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Sleep In m~ ["'arm dry room,
not in the mtmpcold grass; ,
drln~ water fresh fro~ my well,
· not filth £ron) the muddied pool;
see &ow the kfternoon falls
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rifle !springs ?p aft~r rifle;
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· but ~o not f~llow, .
f?r t~~ road ~nds here!
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: Th~ilethargi~' highbackefl turtle,
, No tay gear~d for sleek evasion.
· Nor :practice~ to the ruthlessness
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ove1indurate cruel cement ' ..
Rid±iules th1 simple need. • .. .
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Red- ashed, g.uardless, dished-up prey.
For the blaclqshirt wary crow, .
G;or~ng, eye lcocked either way.
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