Nearing Forty
Derek Walcott
, c s i n c e
o m n i a
“Ins i n g th i s
h e a r
four,
o w ,
nar r t r e d ,
i d ly m e
ri g r a i n
y -r i s i n g
ear l
u n ti n g ,
reco n e s s
i ts c o o l ,
a s m a r r o w
m b s t h e
nu n e a r i n g
I a m
that
r t y , … ”
fo
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