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His arms are like slackened chain
in the puttering current.
 
Our pens hover over the legal pads.

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ex David Berman, “The New Idea,” in Actual Air : Poems (1999) : 71-73 (73)
borrowable at archive.org : link

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David Berman (1967-2019), musician, singer-songwriter, poet
hagiographic entry at wikipedia : link
 

15 July 2026