The mists are part of the ancient paraphernalia—
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ouls, rolled in the doom-noise of the sea. They bruise the rocks out of existence, then resurrect them.They go up without hope, like sighs. I walk among them, and they stuff my mouth with cotton.When they free me, I am beaded with tears. Our Lady of the Shipwrecked is striding toward the horizon,Her marble skirts blown back in two pink wings. A marble sailor kneels at her foot distractedly, and at his footA peasant woman in black
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