I like the ‘as if’-ness of it Millicent. The being there & not being there, then the abandonment of being right there.
On my screen, some words were linked together…
Doug
> On Aug 1, 2018, at 4:32 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Really like the final six lines, Millicent, in which desperation and
> disappointment come across so strongly. Still working on interpreting the
> rest, addressed to the second person.
>
> Bill
>
> On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 at 7:50 pm, Millicent Borges Accardi <
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>> I Abandon you Each Night
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>>
>> You abandon your waking
>> hours,
>> In soft squares, you try
>> toneglect
>> Your worries and shut down
>> The voices, one on each
>> shoulder
>> A devil and an angel and if itis important
>> To you, you sign awfully
>> andlisten
>> Or you ignore and try to avoid
>> Because this is a solo
>> performance
>> That only you can sing despitethe
>> Urging of others to couple
>> andadore
>> And procreate. And as if and asif
>> It were different.
>> Oh Man, I abandon you
>> eachnight,
>> My heart ache, my fears,
>> mylove
>> My softness. It is as if I roll over,
>> It as if I roll over and touchnothing.
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>> http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com
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>> Água mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Listen. If (UofAPress):
Shakespeare
Drag yr mouldy old bones
Up these stairs & tell me
What you died of,
I think
I’ve got it
Too.
Sharon Thesen
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