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SNAPPING TURTLE.(Poem)

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| July 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 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
 
   Let it lie still as a stump, 
   the tongue a lure, the beaked maw 
   architecture of nightmare. 
 
   Let it rise in a slow becoming, 
   like trees at first light, 
   like a bruise. 
 
   Let it fear no fang or talon 
   as cold blood warms 
   under a sprawl of sun. 
 
   Let it survive when ...
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