A work in progress. Comments welcome, if you have the time and inclination.
Some have said that the two sections are too different, don't work together,
and I need to insert some sort of linking passage.
(Note: the "I" is Roman numeral one, ie part 1 - not the word "I".
How would one make that clear to a publisher?)
Receive
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I
Don't be ashamed.
I too am hanging
on these words and
pauses,
each a choice precise portion.
Don't be ashamed:
I too am looking
for details,
backgrounds,
grace notes,
accidents -
each a mistake deliberately left.
Don't be ashamed.
Did you ever hug a book? I did.
Ever lay your warm hand
on cool printed gloss, or press
your lips on glass? I did.
Ever close your eyes and send? I did.
Ever receive?
Don't be ashamed.
Did you ever dance? I did.
But when everyone else was walking? Yes, I did that too.
Ever cry, but couldn't
explain? I know those tears.
And did you make some art you thought no-one would
understand?
Show me.
II
Here is your card. Its secret
symbol will open
our doors. Your doors.
Here is your ring.
You can get a tattoo, if you wish.
Welcome
to the temple.
Choose your screen name and password
and join our forums.
Read the FAQs and follow the links -
our shared text.
We'll link your blog now, if you wish.
Welcome
to the community.
Janet
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Janet Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
Poems at Proximity:
http://www.arach.net.au/~huxtable/janet/proximity.html
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