and the world may inherit us

And the World May Inherit UsAuthor(s): Joan McCoySource: The Iowa Review, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter, 1971), p. 21Published by: University of IowaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20157674 .

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AND THE WORLD MAY INHERIT US

Cloth to cover you,

simple, your wrist ticking with cold geography.

Come home. The moon's

last ovation stunned me.

The blue air, the rich leaven

of lamplight are woven

for hallowing these nerves worn to epistles of penury,

our salutation.

21 Joan McCoy

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