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Thinking of the End in Fire

Poem

If leaving branches wither,
in some confusion of hard weather

If the last quick sparrow should fall,
his fine brown inlay, his inquiring call

If the last child should stare
gasping into burned and blinding air

If the least grass should go

About the Author

Bruce W. Jorgensen

Bruce W. Jorgensen is an associate professor of English at Brigham Young University.

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BYU Studies 25:1
ISSN 2837-004x (Online)
ISSN 2837-0031 (Print)