Margaret Atwood Never Poems
- 1. The Moment
The moment when, after many years
of hard work and a long voyage
you stand in the centre of your room,
house, half-acre, square mile, island, country,
... - 2. Postcards
I'm thinking about you. What else can I say?
The palm trees on the reverse
are a delusion; so is the pink sand.
What we have are the usual
... - 3. Backdropp Addresses Cowboy
Starspangled cowboy
sauntering out of the almost-
silly West, on your face
a porcelain grin,
... - 4. Provisions
What should we have taken
with us? We never could decide
on that; or what to wear,
or at what time of
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