So this is what I am Pondering his eyes that could not Conceive that I was a creature to run from I who have always believed too much in words. (W.S. Merwin)

So this is what I am Pondering his eyes that could not Conceive that I was a creature to run from I who have always believed too much in words.

W.S. Merwin

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