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Litany.

Publisher	Modern Poetry Association
Publication	Poetry
Subject	Literature/writing
Format	Magazine/Journal
ISSN	0032-2032
Issues per Year	12
Volume	179
Issue	5
Published	2002-02-01

Role	Type	Name
Author	n/a	Billy Collins

LITANY

   You are the bread and the knife,
   The crystal goblet and the wine ...

   Jacques Crickillon

   You are the bread and the knife,
   the crystal goblet and the wine.
   You are the dew on the morning grass
   and the burning wheel of the sun.
   You are the white apron of the baker
   and the marsh birds suddenly in flight.

   However, you are not the wind in the orchard,
   the plums on the counter,
   or the house of cards.
   And you are certainly not the pine-scented air.
   There is just no way you are the pine-scented air.

   It is possible that you are the fish...

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