Copyright © 1996 by Charles Simic
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Simic, Charles, 1938–
Walking the black cat : poems/Charles Simic
p. cm.
"A Harvest original."
ISBN 978-0-15-100219-1 (hardcover).—ISBN 978-0-15-600481-7 (pbk.)
I. Title.
PS3569.I4725W35 1996
811'.54—dc20 96-17604
The text was set in Centaur
Designed by Lori McThomas Buley
Printed in the United States of America
First edition
G F E D C B
N M L K J I (pbk.)