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]>
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> I said once, to myself
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> or perhaps to my lover,
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> that being close to animals
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> will make us more human:
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> she sneered at me
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> for speaking to a donkey - conversationally -
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> on our way to eat,
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> my hands danked by donkey tongue...
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> it is two way, not magic -
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> a rabbit's foot does nothing
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> but lames the rabbit --
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> seek out animals
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> like one who lost them --
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> non-speakers
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