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| JO'B |
my friends of the dark,
the notepad, the pen,
the small circle of light,
the second hand
in its slow sweep,
the book on its stand,
a sentence or two
strong enough
to repeat in a whisper
as if you could hear it,
my face faint on the pane
against infinite night.
—after Charles Simic's "Nothing Else"
