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A Portent.(Brief Article)(Poem)

The Kenyon Review

| June 22, 2004 | Simon, Paul (American singer) | COPYRIGHT 2003 Kenyon Review. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
A PORTENT 
 
For Dennis 
 
   That cry in the woods like none I ever heard, 
   sent up a racket of crows, a fury of wings 
   by the edge of the stream. That sound--as if 
 
   nonhuman anguish deeper than deep woods 
   lay at the heart of things--was fingernails 
   on chalkboard to the nerves, but a nervousness 
 
   every creature shared bordering on fear. 
   I went into the woods and saw, without seeing-- 
   feeling and hearing … 
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