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Have I not waited with a numbed impatience
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The auctioneer lifts his gavel. Going! Going!
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The years stand lonely on their sidings now like abandoned cars.
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The clouds, the vast white Saturday afternoon, This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 16 October 1997, on page 42 Copyright © 2009 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Couplets-3275
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