Slowly the ivy on the stones Becomes the stones. Women become The cities, children become the fields And men in waves become the sea. (Wallace Stevens)

Slowly the ivy on the stones Becomes the stones. Women become The cities, children become the fields And men in waves become the sea.

Wallace Stevens

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