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Poems by Glenn Bach
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the oily timbre
of automobiles engines
distant drone of cars
the blend of traffic
from each street and the other
in each direction
only to vanish
with a new sound or the wind
or my own footsteps
35
Thin rubber strips of windshield wipers sweep
rain-dampened windshields, squeegee supported
in six places for even pressure, firm
contact (moving a lever back and forth
in the old days), the hum of the motor
and worm gear, the squeak, the water flicking
away, an obliterated surface of rain,
reborn anew between each arcing pass.
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