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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Complete Destruction

William Carlos Williams

From “Broken Windows”

IT was an icy day.

We buried the cat,

Then took her box

And set match to it

In the back yard.

Those fleas that escaped

Earth and fire

Died by the cold.