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 The Thread by Denise Levertov 
						Something is very gently, invisibly, silently,
 pulling at me-a thread
 or net of threads
 finer than cobweb and as
 elastic. I haven't tried
 the strength of it. No barbed hook
 pierced and tore me. Was it
 not long ago this thread
 began to draw me? Or
 way back? Was I
 born with its knot about my
 neck, a bridle? Not fear
 but a stirring
 of wonder makes me
 catch my breath when I feel
 the tug of it when I thought
 it had loosened itself and gone.
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