> Hello again Grasshopper,
I like this one very much, too. Again, just one small idea, could the phrase `sweeten your throat´ read `sweeten your voice´? It might connect more obviously (or too obviously?) with the reference to chanting that follows, although of course words and chants also come via the throat, but something about sweeten your throat draws me up a bit.
Best wishes, Mike
> Lähettäjä: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
> Päiväys: 2004/10/11 ma AM 02:20:49 GMT+03:00
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> Aihe: New sub: Sky in the Pie
>
> Sky in the Pie
>
> Two sure cuts open the crust
> down to the center, and out flies
> a rush of dark thrushes with golden beaks
> followed by an arc of stars borne
> on a rainbow. The spectrum flexes
> like muscle, then pools into a single depth
> of colour, blue as the powdered lapis
> on a manuscript page in a rich book
> of hours, blue as a robin's egg, blue
> as distance. Take your spoon before
> it elopes with the knife, and taste.
>
> The clouds melt on your tongue
> and sweeten your throat. You can chant
> this day across the meadows, and call the lost flocks
> home. The sheep and the chestnut cows. The cows
> and wild black horses. The wolves and small quick foxes.
> All the lost beasts of your kingdom.
> Call them home.
>
> grasshopper
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