G l o r i o u s!
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> PC, I like it. Can I repost it on my blog? Not offended if you say no.
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> Andrew
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> On 18 December 2012 11:46, Peter ciccariello <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > From some time ago....
> > Remembering after all these years.
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> > *Being born*
> > * *
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> > * *
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> > she was the color of a thunder cloud covering the sun
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> > red and blue and white and gray
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> > it was the blue that alarmed me
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> > and how her little body didn’t move
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> > flaccid as a rag stuffed doll
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> > as if I expected her to dance or speak to me
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> > the braided cord soaked in blood and mucus
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> > trailing down my leg then up and between her mother’s legs
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> > where she had just come from
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> > living in darkness and water
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> > for months and eternity
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> > I held her firmly
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> > wrapping her in a silver thermo blanket
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> > as if she had just walked in space
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> > or been discovered beneath an avalanche
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> > and she had as much
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> > shooting out of her mother like that
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> > without as much as a push or a shove
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> > into this cold metallic world
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> > The back of the ambulance was a space ship
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> > the crackling voices
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> > the wide black window speckled with silver stars
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> > the circling red and white lights
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> > making her even more blue than before
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> > she’s not breathing I said
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> > more to myself than anyone else
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> > she’s blue and she’s not breathing
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> > I placed my giant thumb in her little fist
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> > and touched a massive finger to her miniature lips
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> > she shook all over all at once
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> > like a dog shedding the rain from it’s fur
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> > opening that tiny mouth
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> > screaming and breathing for the first time
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> > that single burning gulp of air
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> > filling the space that was now hers
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> > making it all very clear to us that she was here
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> > --
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> > Poetry and writing - http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/
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> > You can find my art and writing updates on Twitter
> > https://twitter.com/ciccariello
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> --
> Andrew
> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> 'Undercover of Lightness'
> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
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> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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