Power (Adrienne Rich poem)

How to the poet does it become a 'cure'?

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Rich describes a backhoe digging up a field to reveal an amber bottle, which leads her to speculate on its contents: “a cure for fever or melancholy” or “a tonic for living on this earth.” Although she does not know its true contents, she recognizes it immediately as a kind of medicine for real ailments, or for the simple task of living.

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