“These hunt, as they have done
But with claws and teeth grown perfect,
More deadly than they can believe.”

—  James Dickey

The Heaven of Animals (l. 20–22).
The Whole Motion; Collected Poems, 1945-1992 (1992)

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American writer 1923–1997

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