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On 8 August 2018 at 12:00, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> DOING AND UNDOING
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> losing myself in my helpless hands
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> white motley grippy
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> my fingers pick
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> old cloth made
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> of ancient seeds
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> germs of what ideas maybe singing
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> in the head
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> at my feet
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> take out thread or do it
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> again I wait
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> for what is
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> always arriving time at the horizon
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> a white boat
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> dark grey boat
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> the world gathers like four elements
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> or seven sins
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> I am counting
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> all my suitors
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> fluttering or breaking like dog-tired rain
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> outside my door
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> I still count on untold clouds
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> and every tide
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> trees are waiting
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> as if they knew all along
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> to go forward
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> is a question I always ask
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> as I move
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> grip the sky
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> now ain’t the time to break
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> the next life
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> is already here
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> ________________________
> Jill Jones
> www.jilljones.com.au
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> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
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