You gather up the gray
of this dull January day,
then, just before the hidden sun
should set
you open the horizon
sewing streaks of pink
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Evening Prayer in January at the Sight of Jupiter
You gather up the gray
of this dull January day,
then, just before the hidden sun
should set
you open the horizon
sewing streaks of pink
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