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p. 2
In three seconds
she had tracked a [mountain] blue peak
far beyond the friendly babble
and well-tried arm
that straightened her.
She stood up--rearranged
around her changeless center:
brushing from her mind a diamond phrase
about the hole she’d made.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/4/3/7/437f69ec-e08c-4515-b538-319a872b43c6/attachment/7d76cc2321db950a8f635f9093e87c47.jpg)
![TRACKS ... (contd)
p. 2
In three seconds
she had tracked a [mountain] blue peak
far beyond the friendly babble
and well-tried arm
that straightened her.
She stood up--rearranged
around her changeless center:
brushing from her mind a diamond phrase
about the hole she’d made.](https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/system/resource/4/3/7/437f69ec-e08c-4515-b538-319a872b43c6/attachment/medium-49854c67679c33d8a5e9eb360e4fd073.jpg)
Drafts, TRACKS, FOR A BOURGEOIS WOMAN 2
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Poem written by Emanuel in 1985 with typed and written edits, describing a woman skiing ambitiously (making her own tracks) and falling deep in the Alpine snow.
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- typeImage
- created on
- file formatjpg
- file size486 kB
- container titleJames A. Emanuel Papers
- creatorJames A. Emanuel
- issueBOX 5 FOLDER 4, Deadly James, draft A, 1981-1990 (1 of 2)
- rightsJames A. Emanuel Estate
- rights holderJames A. Emanuel Estate
- version3/1/1985