Thanks! I enjoyed it very much and will like sharing it.
Andrew
On 18 December 2012 12:48, Peter ciccariello <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Of course Andrew (honored) thanks Sheila!
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > >
> > > Andrew
> > >
> > > On 18 December 2012 11:46, Peter ciccariello <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From some time ago....
> > > > Remembering after all these years.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *Being born*
> > > > * *
> > > >
> > > > * *
> > > >
> > > > she was the color of a thunder cloud covering the sun
> > > >
> > > > red and blue and white and gray
> > > >
> > > > it was the blue that alarmed me
> > > >
> > > > and how her little body didn’t move
> > > >
> > > > flaccid as a rag stuffed doll
> > > >
> > > > as if I expected her to dance or speak to me
> > > >
> > > > the braided cord soaked in blood and mucus
> > > >
> > > > trailing down my leg then up and between her mother’s legs
> > > >
> > > > where she had just come from
> > > >
> > > > living in darkness and water
> > > >
> > > > for months and eternity
> > > >
> > > > I held her firmly
> > > >
> > > > wrapping her in a silver thermo blanket
> > > >
> > > > as if she had just walked in space
> > > >
> > > > or been discovered beneath an avalanche
> > > >
> > > > and she had as much
> > > >
> > > > shooting out of her mother like that
> > > >
> > > > without as much as a push or a shove
> > > >
> > > > into this cold metallic world
> > > >
> > > > The back of the ambulance was a space ship
> > > >
> > > > the crackling voices
> > > >
> > > > the wide black window speckled with silver stars
> > > >
> > > > the circling red and white lights
> > > >
> > > > making her even more blue than before
> > > >
> > > > she’s not breathing I said
> > > >
> > > > more to myself than anyone else
> > > >
> > > > she’s blue and she’s not breathing
> > > >
> > > > I placed my giant thumb in her little fist
> > > >
> > > > and touched a massive finger to her miniature lips
> > > >
> > > > she shook all over all at once
> > > >
> > > > like a dog shedding the rain from it’s fur
> > > >
> > > > opening that tiny mouth
> > > >
> > > > screaming and breathing for the first time
> > > >
> > > > that single burning gulp of air
> > > >
> > > > filling the space that was now hers
> > > >
> > > > making it all very clear to us that she was here
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Poetry and writing - http://poemsfromprovidence.blogspot.com/
> > > >
> > > > You can find my art and writing updates on Twitter
> > > > https://twitter.com/ciccariello
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew
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> > > 'Undercover of Lightness'
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> > > 'Shikibu Shuffle'
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
> > >
> >
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http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
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