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Creation Myth
In the world’s first night the earth lay down.
In the first light it stood again. Now smoke strides daily above the town And if a spark strikes, then Take it as you must And in a gust of days Raise a blaze of dust To a dusty day. 28 December 2011
The striding smoke is a reference to a Charles Simic poem
about being anchored in history. He helpfully titled it “Poem” so that we could refer to it clearly.
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