"Where there's no stop and go a thought may wet your face, a breath arrest your stare."
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Poem Markings published in: Nathaniel Tarn (1968) Where Babylon ends.
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Nathaniel Tarn
Nathaniel Tarn (June 30, 1928 – June 2024) was a French-American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator.
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