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The Wind
begun to rock
the Grass
With threatening
Tunes and low -
He threw
a Menace at
the Earth -
A Menace
at the Sky -
The Leaves
unhooked
themselves
from Trees -
And started
all abroad
The Dust
did scoop
itself like
Hands
And throw
away the Road.
The Wagons
quickened on
the Streets
The Thunder
hurried slow -
The Lightning
showed a
Yellow Beak
And then a
livid Claw -
The Birds
put up the
Bars to Nests -
The Cattle
flung to Barns -
There came
one drop of
Giant Rain
And then as
if the Hands
That held
the Dams had
parted hold
The Waters
wrecked the
Sky -
But overlooked
my Father's
House -
Just quartering
a Tree -
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