it is easy to forget me
I am a cloud in the corner of your eye
that vanishes in your direct gaze
when the rain comes
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victory sweetened not your crimes
you lived enough lives to witness
the betrayal of beauty
which was difficult
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Love may not exist, it may be
only a word, it may do nothing
useful. To erase love
is easy, it forgets itself, its weapons
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I marvelled at the squid’s mantel,
The sloth’s curled hook,
The magenta lips of orchids.
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I will stop writing and walk out, and in the clamour of commerce I will consider the value of truth.
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it was the sound of a bird
startled from sleep its wings hurting the air
it was a sound like shame
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The woods were beautiful as always, but dry.
It seemed a subtle poison at the roots
drained them imperceptibly of life.
A want, or heightened colour, in each leaf
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what I am saying is
assuming nothing
locate the perameters
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gently we are saved:
your body formed
from bodies so long grieved
by mine is warmed
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In the age of barbed wire, they announced the death of God. Great men traced the flyspots on ancient walls and studied the mutations of stars. Never before was so much knowledge gathered together.
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