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Deborah Ager

Nimbus clouds erasing stars above Lamoni. 
Jaundiced lights. Silos. Loose dogs. Cows
whose stench infuses the handful of homes,
whose sad voices storm the plains with longing.

© 2000 Deborah Ager. All rights reserved.
From Georgia Review | Georgia Review, 2000
Reprinted with permission of the author.

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