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King Of Carrion : : By Ted Hughes , London : : His palace is of skulls. His crown is the last splintersOf the vessel of life. His throne is the scaffold of bones, the hanged thing’sRack and final stretcher. His robe is the black of the last blood. His kingdom is empty- The emptyContinue reading “King of Carrion : Ted Hughes : : Bird Poems : :”