8

The pigeon saunters along the path—
towards me.
Will it turn aside?
Of course.
Not only Athena's owl
knows the history of man.

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Material from
POEMS 1918-1975: THE COMPLETE POEMS OF CHARLES REZNIKOFF Copyright © 1977
by Marie Syrkin Reznikoff and reprinted with the permission of Black Sparrow Press.