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Heat waves shimmering

Heat waves shimmering
one or two inches
   above the dead grass.
   

Translated by Robert Hass

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  • Max Ritvo
    November 9, 2004
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    Wow! I was flooded by the intensity of this piece. It was as if I was laying amongst the prickly dead grass, watching the heat waves shimmer above me