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Saint Eulalia
She lies there still slain by the kiss of a centurion sword and looks in awe at the angel tears frozen in the flight of an ascending dove 2001
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The Womb
I search in vain for the umbilical but find only the lies of my false mother the fer-de-lance will nourish the lucky ones and I will be spared the glimpses of the casual as I feed quietly
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The Refreshment Room
Dearest Bessie I dreamt last night of your refreshment room before you burnt it down. It is run by a Madame Carvalho now and is open threehundredandsixtyfour days a year twentyfour hours a day (except Fridays).When the leap year occurred last year she was so pleased that she divorced her husband and served limestone cakes […]
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The Baptist
The avian civil wars showed no signs of age. Each battle was as fresh as its predecessor Of all wars, civil wars are the most bloody High causalities had been suffered on both sides In a corner of the aviary away from the conflict there ran a small river, shallow but with a fast flow […]
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The Hollow Trees
If I cross the fault line of your love will you guide me as I explore your geography? I will build a raft from your stricken bark and sail amongst you The neutral light of the stars will guide me I am everything without you but will not leave On the road leading […]
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The Lovers
In our antiquity we will witness your birth in the house of our nativity In late 2011 the skeletons of a man and a woman were unearthed in Italy. There were in the position of embrace.
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Soft History
I have hidden my history in a box of fruit you will not find me
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Lift 41
h o s e w h o i g n o r e t h e c u r v e o f t h e s k y v w e i r b e s e l a l t n e e d […]
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Beach
on the pale reflected sands the reclining sea leaves no fine tracery
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Pipistrello
You haunt the caverns of the seven hills oblivious to your musical name but hum the chants of the nocturnal as you weep at the news of the spring. 1975