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You know there is not much / that I desire, a few crysanthemums / half lying on the grass, yellow / and brown and white, the / talk of a few people, the trees, / an expanse of dried leaves perhaps / with ditches among them.
But there comes / between me and these things / a letter / or even a look -- well placed, / you understand, / so that I am confused, twisted / four ways and -- left flat, / unable to lift the food to / my own mouth: / Here is what they say: Come! and come! and come! And if / I do not go I remain stale to / myself and if I go -- / I have watched / the city from a distance at night / and wondered why I wrote no poem.