For Matilde Poems

The warm sound of people talking
Leaning against each other
In clothes
In the fading afternoon
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Was there something
That preceded sentimental things
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Today I saw two dolphins in the ocean
close to the shore
I followed them for a while
their graceful bodies sliding
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From this frozen cliff
I gaze at leafless trees
submerged where once
people spoke with ancient things
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From this frozen cliff
I gaze at leafless trees
submerged where once
people spoke with ancient things
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Today, in the afternoon
I saw a black horse
standing so still
the dark silence of water
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You have become so resistant
so oxidised
like rust
the red ribs of an old ship
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Today I saw
God's fingers in the clouds
holding on to the tail
of an ancient fish
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Horizons hide blood and bone
The thin line of mountains
separate the sounds of calling
but feathers fall
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It is so essential
without substance
the sound of your soft feet
your body dripping like a candle
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