“And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds,
His belly close to ground. I see the blade,
Blood-stained, continue cutting weeds and shade”

—  Jean Toomer

from "Reapers"
Poems from Cane (1923)

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American poet and novelist 1894–1967

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