Eery, Sharon, the past stalking you and the blood rained on Mumbai, an evocation of everything coming around and happening again, as it does, in its circles. Now they're bombing Beirut again. Heavy at the throat indeed,
--Knut
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From: sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:36 pm
Subject: snapshot 12 july 02006
> my past is stalking me
> that shadow by the gate
>
> the rigid body of a squirrel
> nose-down in the gravel
>
> a child's high, thin voice
> the scent of old lovers
>
> green tomatoes on the vine
> bombs in Mumbai, blood
>
> on the pavement -- heat
> abductions, rage and
>
> retributions, this solid grief
> heavy at the throat,
>
> an ivory necklace carved
> in the shape of a rose
>
>
> --
> ~ SB =^..^=
>
> http://www.sbpoet.com
> http://sb.chatango.com/
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbmontana/
>
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