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What says the rock, forest old?
What says the sea, little shell?
What says the child, pregnant mother?
Kicking against the awkward
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Once, I knew a fine
song
For true believers
and all birds
Believers in the
possibility of moments
Moments thrown
between
M..
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My room is open
to the turquoise
sky
To thoughts of birthdays, anniversaries
Amaranthine flower-beds in the heart of July
Fireworks, out ..
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translated from the french
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There
was a man who lived a life of fire
It
was me, laughing at the fabric of time
I
was the internal nomad for whom
Orange became..
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A man toiled on a burning road
It was me, never resting
Deriving rage from meek cowardice
It will not suffice, to remember you dear
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So again I saw
Myself becoming someone else
It was not evolution, but displacement
A metaphysics of my being
Without clutching fin..
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I stood
musing in a black world
It was not my own, it was
The collective reductionism of our times
The pouring ceaselessly of channels ..
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I was in the darkness
I could not feel my words
Could not see the source-point
Where
all destiny arrives to
I could not see my wo..
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I love you, and you
love me
That is the important
thing
My interwoven
existence
You are the root of
my life
Like a tender veil..
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