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<div class="MsoNormal">Group Of Men At A Meeting Table</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><i>In Imitation Of Tu Fu
(712-770) As Translated By Carolyn Kizer<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">They shift down in their seats or sit off-center. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">One leans forward. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Another bows over to write notes in his journal.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Like a good boy, that one sits, back-up, like a cadet.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">I have no idea how I sit.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">O<a name="_GoBack"></a>ne speaks, then another.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">I consider how independently each of us dresses.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Nothing beautiful. Nothing gaudy.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Even my own red does not stand out. </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Outside, the dark is like a pearl.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">The parking lot well-lit. We wander to our cars.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Scattering to get home. Discussions to-be-continued.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">A perfume fills the air. Some sweet tree in bloom</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">smells like it has filled an entire world all day.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Bruce Moody</div>
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