Good questions, Millicent. Teases out the mystery for me.
Bill
On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 at 7:03 am, Millicent Borges Accardi <
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> I love this passage, draws me right into the scene that is displayed
> before the readers
>
> wine lifts from
> the fabric, as if
> nothing happened.
> Second passage I like also
> Thus we wine and dine again
> first lullabies.
> It seems a romantic encounter of some sort, where sex is over-flowing but
> conversation is not. Perhaps an argument? Perhaps a lost love? A woman
> erased from a relationship, leaving only a stain?
> I am curious-- what is the original text for this erasure poem? Or is
> "Erase(Sure)" the title of the poem?
> Millicent
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, Nov 16, 2020 8:55 pm
> Subject: Erase (Sure)
>
> Blondly, wine lifts from
> the fabric, as if
> nothing happened.
>
> Speech turns simple shrill
> me-centered, flat,
> and finished once
>
> desire has been fulfilled.
> Tiny, smothery attention tamps down
> tones of thought.
>
> Maybe focus has at last dried.
> Thus we wine and dine again
> first lullabies. Perhaps
>
> the sky needs to be cleansed
> just like I need to cry
> over the spilled wine once, for all.
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
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