Most, most welcome, Andrew.
This is not an easy birth, and is the first few lines of a further
exploration. I agree with your comments, and the reviewed version is
below (barring recalcitrant ABC linebreaks). But the last line is far
from what I started with, and not at all what I was after. It's far too
easy. But perhaps reflective of an idea not yet thought through fully...
And I agree totally with Judy, re your snap: Having only recently been
taken to the circus for the first time, I was astonished and moved to
see the aerialists selling floss and running Laughing Clowns
afterwards...
Cal
The sleeping girl.
Your hands clasped around
my arm leave marks
shaped and fleeting as a bird.
My lips pressed against your temple
form but cannot speak the word
Sadness. So like a gasp, as when
the kitchen knife slips, the bird
within the scrub bursts free,
The word pierces fidelity.
Caleb Cluff
Majorca, Vic. 21-22/06/06
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