{"id":5161,"date":"2004-12-01T15:40:52","date_gmt":"2004-12-01T19:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/12\/01\/the-trap-snaps-shut\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:11","slug":"the-trap-snaps-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/01\/the-trap-snaps-shut\/","title":{"rendered":"the trap snaps shut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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      the cold white edges<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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             of the bed<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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         the cold night<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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 comes out of the stones<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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     in the dark<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the trap snaps shut<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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     silent dawn<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\"\" from <\/FONT><\/FONT>Presents of Mind<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>, haiku & illustrations by <\/FONT>Jim Kacian<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(Katsura\/<\/FONT>Red Moon<\/FONT><\/A> Press, 1996).<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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