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tid sah (Tom Atlee),  1969

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on coiling naked
     sheets of water
where restless hypnotized
     i stand
by new tides
     swollen toiling softer

i hear them tell
a parable
from the overquoted ocean
and psalmfully
roll back to sea
while seeming slowly unconcerned
about the breathless
     sweeping question