That's rather fine, Sheila
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On Thu, August 11, 2011 00:53, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> When We Were at Peace
>
>
> Apart from feeling peace,
> I tried to think it,
> Even despite the jagged rocks
> Planted as if everywhere, as if to obscure
>
>
> The lack of renovation in my heart.
> In my heart, I calculated
> How distinctive this
> Long pause between
>
>
> A prior circumstance and an un-
> Known future would not last.
> Not last, I felt the barbs
> Of non-appreciation, as if
>
>
> None of this was real, none
> Happened, we were all expecting
> Something constant, this
> Eternal getaway.
>
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
>
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Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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