\nExtracts the rain-frog from the desert sands,
\nThe cornered mouse from his confusion,
\nThe vaguely dreaming poet from drowsy lands,
\nAnd it even explains, eventually,
\nWhy we do not know, even vaguely,
\nHow we wish happiness to be.
\nAnd the operator standing by,
\nWhose merciful, providential hands
\nMake this story whole so that I
\nThrow such eloquence at the silent sky?
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\nYou see how it is. Ever since I fell
\nInto the Niagara from that hot-air balloon,
\nI dream of smiling crocodiles in Hell
\nFeeding me sherbet with a golden spoon.<\/strong>
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\nR. W. Haynes has taught literature at Texas A&M International University since 1992. His recent interests include the early British sonnet, and he is completing a second book on the Texas playwright and screenwriter Horton Foote (1916-2009). In his poetry, Haynes seeks to celebrate life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without sounding any more dissonant notes than he has to. In fiction, he works toward grasping that part of the past which made its mark on his generation. He enjoys teaching drama, especially the Greeks, Ibsen, and Shakespeare, and he devoutly hopes for a stunning literary Renaissance in South Texas.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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