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One Art.................................................... ........................................................... The art of losing isn't hard to master..................... so many things seem filled with the intend................. to be lost that their loss is no disaster.................. ........................................................... Lose something every day. Accept the fluster............... of lost doorkeys, the hour badly spent..................... The art of losing isn't hard to master..................... ........................................................... Then practise losing farther, losing faster:............... places, and names, and where it was you meant.............. to travel.Non of these will bring desaster................. ........................................................... I lost my mothers watch.And look, my last,or............... next-to-last,of three beloved houses went.................. The art of losing isn't hard to master..................... ........................................................... I lost two cities,lovely ones.And vaster,.................. some realms owned,two rivers,a continent................... I miss them but it wasn't a disaster....................... ........................................................... --Even losing you(the joking voice,a gesture............... i love)i shan't have lied.It's evident..................... the art of losing's not to hard to master.................. Though it may look like(write it!) a disaster.............. ........................................................... By Elisabeth Bishop........................................