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Selection  \nOn the Cusp of a Dangerous Year  \nLEE ANN RORIPAUGH  \nCrab Orchard Review  \nSouthern Illinois University Press  \nCARBONDALE  \nCopyright ◎2009 Lee Ann RoripaughAll rights reservedPrinted in the United States of America  \n21201918  5432  \nThe Crab Orchard Series in Poetry is a joint publishingventure of Southern Illinois University Press and CrabOrchard Review.This series has been made possible by thegenerous support of the Office of the President of Southernllinois University and the Office of the Vice Chancellorfor Academic Affairs and Provost at Southern IllinoisUniversity Carbondale.  \nCrab Orchard Series in Poetry Editor:Jon Tribble  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataRoripaugh,Lee Ann.  \nOn the cusp of a dangerous year/Lee Ann Roripaugh.  \np.cm.一(Crab Orchard series in poetry)ISBN-13:978-0-8093-2929-8(alk.paper)ISBN-10:0-8093-2929-8(alk.paper)  \n# I.Title.\n\nPS3568.0717O52009811'54—dc222009007805  \nPrinted on recycled paper.  \nThe paper used in this publication meets the minimumrequirements of American National Standard forInformation Sciences—Permanence of Paper for PrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI Z39.48-1992.  \nOne day Lord Korechika,the Minister of the Centre,broughtthe Empress a bundle of notebooks.\"What shall we do withthem?\"Her Majesty asked me.\"The Emperor has already madearrangements for copying the Records of the Historian.”  \n\"Let me make them into a pillow,\"I said.  \n\"Very well,\"said Her Majesty.“You may have them.”  \nI now had a vast quantity of paper at my disposal,and I setabout filling the notebooks with odd facts,stories from the past,and all sorts of other things,often including the most trivialmaterial.On the whole I concentrated on things and people thatI found charming and splendid;my notes are also full of poemsand observations on trees and plants,birds and insects.  \n—Sei Shonagon(c.965 to after 1010),The Pillow Book  \nSeeing the water birds on the lake increase in number day byday,I thought to myself how nice it would be if it snowed beforewe got back to the Palace—the garden would look so beautiful;and then,two days later,while I was away on a short visit,loand behold,it did snow.As I watched the rather drab scene athome,I felt both depressed and confused.For some years nowIhad existed from day to day in listless fashion,taking note of theflowers,the birds in song,the way the skies change from seasonto season,the moon,the frost and snow,doing little more thanregistering the passage oftime.How would it all turn out?  \n—Murasaki Shikibu(c.973 to 1014 or1025),The Diary of Lady Murasaki  \nI  \nAcknowledgments IX  \n1.Season of the Dog Day Cicadas  \nCrows Who Try to Be Cormorants Drown 3  \nDisconsolate Things 5  \nNotes on the Cusp of a Dangerous Year 8  \nSqualid Things 11  \nObjects in the Mirror 15  \nLuscious Things 17  \n2.During the Aftermath ofan Escaped Moon  \nHegemony,Anemone,Chalcedony,Persephone 23Salty Things 25Insect Postures 28Disconcerting Things 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