History & Politics
A Shell
From Eidola (1917)
History & Politics
Here we are all, naked as Greeks,
Killing the lice in our shirts:
Suddenly the air is torn asunder,
Ripped as coarse silk,
Then a dull thud....
We are all squatting.
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MLA
Manning, Frederic. “A Shell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/manning_f/7/.
Chicago
Manning, Frederic. “A Shell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/manning_f/7/.
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