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Ring of Bone



I saw myself
a ring of bone
in the clear stream
of all of it

and vowed
always to be open to it
that all of it
might flow through

and then I heard
"ring of bone" where
ring is what a

bell does


Lew Welsh, Ring of Bone, Collected Poems 1950-1971