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="This Morning"=
He is that kind of poet, making poetry, he told NPR this morning, "out of the commonplace, a phrase that sounds clean, uncluttered, and suggests a whole complicated experience." This one is from a poem called "This Morning."

''First I had three''

''apocalyptic visions, each more terrible than the last. ''

''The graves open, and the sea rises to kill us all. ''

''Then the doorbell rang, and I went downstairs and signed for two packages—''