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Words for the Chisel (collection)/Final

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4363098Words for the Chisel — FinalGenevieve Taggard
Final
A far barbaric sadness haunts these hills
In mist of autumn and magnificence
Of clear unearthly color—
I have crossed the wall 
Past mortal sorrow and its single sense;
I am a human dying of my ills
Who comes upon a cosmic funeral
And the still splendor of indifference.