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You prepare for one sorrow, but another comes. It is not like the weather, you cannot brace yourself, the unreadiness is all. Your companion, the woman, the friend next to you, the child at your si…

Oddjob, a Bull Terrier (Derek Walcott) | Home About Horror of horrors (or, yes, I have three drafts and yes, I am posting another Derek Walcott poem) Feeds: Posts Comments Oddjob, a Bull Terrier (Derek Walcott) January 11, 2010 by Pilar Basas You prepare for one sorrow, but another comes. It is not like the weather, you cannot brace yourself, the unreadiness is all. Your companion, the woman, the friend next to you, the child at your side, and the dog, we tremble for them, we look seaward and muse it will rain. We shall get ready for rain; you do not connect the sunlight altering the darkening

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