If Anybody Wants It

Note the original cost in 1969 after its seventh printing and in paperback: $1.75
Note my cost when I bought it used six years later–60 cents.

Roethke speaks from his time, 1941-1958.
I speak from my time.
Poetry in timeless conjunction.
I spent 60 cents
for his selected works.
I give mine away
if anybody wants it.

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