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Who is at my window, who, who?
It's the blind cuckoo, mulling
the old song over.
The old song is about fear, about
tomorrow and next year.
Timor mortis conturbat me, he sings....

Denise Levertov

Denise Levertov (b. 1923), Anglo–U.S. poet. "Who Is at My Window."

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