A+poem-+Litany+by+Billy+Collins

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The poem:
 * Litany by Billy Collins **


 * You are the bread and the knife, **
 * the crystal goblet and the wine. **
 * You are the dew on the morning grass **
 * and the burning wheel of the sun. **
 * You are the white apron of the baker, **
 * and the marsh birds suddenly in flight. **


 * However, you are not the wind in the orchard, **
 * the plums on the counter, **
 * or the house of cards. **
 * And you are certainly not the pine-scented air. **
 * There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air. **


 * It is possible that you are the fish under the bridge, **
 * maybe even the pigeon on the general's head, **
 * but you are not even close **
 * to being the field of cornflowers at dusk. **


 * And a quick look in the mirror will show **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">that you are neither the boots in the corner **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">nor the boat asleep in its boathouse. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">It might interest you to know, **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">speaking of the plentiful imagery of the world, **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">that I am the sound of rain on the roof. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I also happen to be the shooting star, **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">the evening paper blowing down an alley **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">and the basket of chestnuts on the kitchen table. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am also the moon in the trees **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">and the blind woman's tea cup. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">But don't worry, I'm not the bread and the knife. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are still the bread and the knife. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">You will always be the bread and the knife, **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;">not to mention the crystal goblet and--somehow--the wine. **