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While you were studying architecture I was studying French, no big deal, we were both working hard. On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Patrick McManus < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Great title -( was Ithe only one on this to have to look it up ((or admit > to > so doing)),)???? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Peter Ciccariello > Sent: 01 May 2008 03:17 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Écorché > > Écorché > > It is useless to study; > I cannot know you, > The thing for the thing. > Who you are is to foreshadow > > The very effort to understand; > And who you are not > Can not hope to reveal > That hidden, fundamental, essence. > > That I can only glimpse > Rather than duplicate > The fleeting somewhere > Of your outward appearance, > > Revealing the thinnest skin you slip behind, > That diaphanous pleat of self > Remaining the last inward armor > Of your most temporary being > > > > - Peter Ciccariello > > *(In case HTML ravages the title, there are accents over both "e"s)* > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.6/1407 - Release Date: > 30/04/2008 > 11:35 > -- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star!