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[Verse 1: Ram Dulari, Heems] I have often heard it remarked that there is no force in his writing In his ideas, or philosophy I have found people seeking to dismiss him as a provincial poet His position as a great poet has been questioned It is true that although Heems has been universally acknowledged He is essentially a poet of Queens People may in a way be justified In describing him as a provincial poet They have nevertheless missed the essential poet in him A poet, unlike a philosopher, is known by his attachment to particular things, to time and place It is his provincialism that makes a poet He tells of the transformation of a single tree And it is [?] on the Earth Heems's province was his way into the world In his love for humanity He embraces the universal human And by way of the image He apprehends, in Mr. Illiad's words "The intersection of the timeless with time" He loves, or actually thinks with the love of passionate humanity Thanks, mom I don't know how I did, I'm sorry You did it, you did it My English is not that