We’ve been told & in those codes; oh yeah, L.
Those signals reinforce the negativity of the first stanza neatly…
What ‘will be’ & all that…
Yep
Doug
On Aug 13, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The culprits will not confess. They shall be subjected
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> to further pain. The organs of sexual pleasure
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> and reproduction will be tampered with.
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> Deep fears will be exacerbated. A train
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> passes. One knows with certainty that all shall be well
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> if all persist; all that are well. We've been told.
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> A broken voice repeats its final words,
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> tongue carved into burning glossolalias,
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> tuning a radio to broadcast codes of consent,
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> sliding along the confidence tracks at party time
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Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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