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Complete Destruction

William Carlos Williams

It was an icy day.
We buried the cat,
then took her box
and set fire to it

in the back yard.
Those fleas that escaped
earth and fire
died by the cold.
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From Sour Grapes | The Four Seas Company, 1921
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