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By Robert Pinsky
September 2007 Issue

The cross the fork the zigzag—a few straight lines
For pain, quandary and evasion, the last of signs.

About the Author

Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky is a former poet laureate of the United States. His most recent book of poems is Proverbs of Limbo.

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