Poems (Marianne Moore)/TALISMAN
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TALISMAN
Under a splintered mast,
torn from ship and cast
near her hull,
torn from ship and cast
near her hull,
a stumbling shepherd found
embedded in the ground,
a sea-gull
embedded in the ground,
a sea-gull
of lapis lazuli,
a scarab of the sea,
with wings spread—
a scarab of the sea,
with wings spread—
curling its coral feet,
parting its beak to greet
men long dead.
parting its beak to greet
men long dead.