Thanks so much, Sheila
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On 28 January 2015 at 17:41, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Lawrence, there is something very important that this poem generates in
> terms of a reality that sleeps in us, I believe. It goes somewhere. I
> appreciate it. Sheila
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > I said once, to myself
> >
> > or perhaps to my lover,
> >
> > that being close to animals
> >
> > will make us more human:
> >
> >
> >
> > she sneered at me
> >
> > for speaking to a donkey - conversationally -
> >
> > on our way to eat,
> >
> > my hands danked by donkey tongue...
> >
> >
> >
> > it is two way, not magic -
> >
> > a rabbit's foot does nothing
> >
> > but lames the rabbit --
> >
> >
> >
> > seek out animals
> >
> > like one who lost them --
> >
> > non-speakers
> >
>
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