BROOMS
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In this and in no other
manner
Was the first ancestral
broom made:
Namely, they plucked all
the arrows
From the bent back os Saint
Sebastian.
They tied them with a rope
On which Judas hung
himself.
Stuck in the stilt
On which Copernicus
Touched the morning star…
Then the broom was ready
To leave the monastery.
The dust welcome it—
That great pornographer
Immediately wanted to
Look under its skirt
Charles Simic
