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Woman Playing the Glass Harmonica.(Poem)

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| April 01, 2003 | Harrison, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2003 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
 
WOMAN PLAYING THE GLASS HARMONICA 
 
   With her busking cloche 
   velvet dress and army boots ... 
   her Salem air of ashes ... 
   she clears a space in Harvard Square 
   to play the musical glasses. 
 
   Threaded by a spindle 
   each rim larger than the last 
   beneath her wetted fingers 
   the bowls begin to sing 
   of Fanueil Hall and tea-leaves 
 
   of feathered snow 
   and wolverines, of ...
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