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Song of Taste
Gary SnyderEating the living germs of grasses
Eating the ova of large birds…the fleshy sweetness packed
…around the sperm of swaying treesThe muscles of the flanks and thighs of
ppppppp soft-voiced cows
pp the bounce in the lamb’s leap
pp the swish in the ox’s tailEating roots grown swoll
ppppppp inside the soilDrawing on life of living
pp clustered points of light spun
ppppppp out of space
hidden in the grape.Eating each other’s seed
ppppppp eating
pp ah, each other.Kissing the lover in the mouth of bread:
…………lip to lip.From Regarding Wave (New Directions, 1970)
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