According
to Brueghel / when Icarus fell / it was spring
a farmer was ploughing / his field / the whole pageantry
of the year was / awake tingling / near
the edge of the sea / concerned / with itself
sweating in the sun / that melted / the wings' wax
unsignificantly / off the coast / there was
a splash quite unnoticed / this was / Icarus drowning
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William Carlos Williams
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