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    The poet reminisces about past memories and experiences in three distinct scenes: [1] Drinking cheap wine in Africa or at a bar in New York, hoping to see a pretty girl there tomorrow. [2] Picturing white clouds over a small boy dressed in black for his First Communion in 1941, with his mother's hand on his shoulder in faded sunlight. [3] Planning to go for a drink with "demons" in Colorado spring snow in 1980, though feeling shattered at that point.

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    The poet reminisces about past memories and experiences in three distinct scenes: [1] Drinking cheap wine in Africa or at a bar in New York, hoping to see a pretty girl there tomorrow. [2] Picturing white clouds over a small boy dressed in black for his First Communion in 1941, with his mother's hand on his shoulder in faded sunlight. [3] Planning to go for a drink with "demons" in Colorado spring snow in 1980, though feeling shattered at that point.

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    A Certain Slant of Sunlight. Berrigan

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    The poet reminisces about past memories and experiences in three distinct scenes: [1] Drinking cheap wine in Africa or at a bar in New York, hoping to see a pretty girl there tomorrow. [2] Picturing white clouds over a small boy dressed in black for his First Communion in 1941, with his mother's hand on his shoulder in faded sunlight. [3] Planning to go for a drink with "demons" in Colorado spring snow in 1980, though feeling shattered at that point.

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    A Certain Slant of Sunlight

    In Africa the wine is cheap, and it is on St. Mark's Place too, beneath a white moon. I'll go there tomorrow, dark bulk hooded against what is hurled down at me in my no hat which is weather: the tall pretty girl in the print dress under the fur collar of her cloth coat will be standing by the wire fence where the wild flowers grow not too tall her eyes will be deep brown and her hair styled 1941 American will be too; but I'll be shattered by then But now I'm not and can also picture white clouds impossibly high in blue sky over small boy heartbroken to be dressed in black knickers, black coat, white shirt, buster-brown collar, flowing black bow-tie her hand lightly fallen on his shoulder, faded sunlight falling across the picture, mother & son, 33 & 7, First Communion Day, 1941-I'll go out for a drink with one of my demons tonight they are dry in Colorado 1980 spring snow.

    Ted Berrigan

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