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X. Dance of the Western Union Envelope How the Heart Leaps Up More Eager Than Plant or Beast

"Devil's share" is the portion of one's goods that cannot be usefully spent

and so gets sacrificed.

But what if the devil is not so stupid.

What if a devil long after sacrifice

starts coming and going on the borderland—

just a crease in daylight.

Disappearance was a game to him,

my mother

unsurprised


when he did not appear for the wedding

and she was careful of my feelings—care

like a prong.

The wedding cake (stored in the pantry) I ate myself

piece by piece

all of it

in the months that followed, sitting

in the living room late at night with all the lights on, chewing.

His telegram (day after) said

                But please don't cry—

that's all.

Five words for a dollar.


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Anne Carson

Anne Carson CM (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor.

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