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The Pitch Lake.(poetry)(Poem)

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| July 01, 2005 | Murphy, J.K. | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
THE PITCH LAKE 
 
   Moonlight runs a shammy over it, 
   The Pitch Lake of Trinidad and Tobago. 
   Its asphalt, purified, is Epure. 
   Sir Walter Raleigh caulked with it 
   In 1595, praising 
   Its sun-resistant plugs in ships. 
   Like a picture-transfer, a child's delight, 
   It seems a caulking-iron was pressed onto 
   Forty-seven hectares of land, and ...

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