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You might come here Sunday on a whim. Say your life broke down. The last good kiss you had was years ago. (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg (l. 1-3). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
Or driven wild by snakes that kept the carrots clean, she butchered snakes and carrots with a hoe. (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. The Way a Ghost Dissolves (l. 17-19). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
work until my heart is short, then go out slowly with a feeble grin, my fingers flexing but my eyes gone gray from cramps and the lack of oxygen. (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. The Way a Ghost Dissolves (l. 25-28). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
Rub a half potato on your wart and wrap it in a damp cloth. Close your eyes and whirl three times and throw. Then bury rag and spud exactly where they fall. (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. The Way a Ghost Dissolves (l. 9-13). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
She planted corn and left the rest to elements, convinced that God with giant faucets regulates the rain and saves the crops from frost or foreign wind. (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. The Way a Ghost Dissolves (l. 4-7). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
Off south, the bison multiply so fast a slaughter's mandatory every spring and every spring the creeks get fat and Kicking Horse fills up. (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir (l. 43-46). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
Isn't this your life? That ancient kiss still burning out your eyes? Isn't this defeat so accurate, the church bell simply seems a pure announcement: ring and no one comes? (Richard Hugo (1923-1982), U.S. poet. Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg (l. 23-26). . . Making Certain It Goes On; the Collected Poems of Richard Hugo. (1984) W. W. Norton.)
