Life on Mars
Poems
by Tracy K. Smith
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Poetry, Poetry, and Fiction.
You lie there kicking like a baby, waiting for God himself To lift you past the rungs of your crib. What Would your life say if it could talk _x0097_from _x0093_No Fly Zone_x0094_With allusions to David Bowie and interplanetary travel, Life on Mars imagines a soundtrack for the universe to accompany the dis...
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