Very sharp, Sheila, that Once & that history, there unto...
Doug
On 2012-05-16, at 6:20 PM, Sheila Murphy wrote:
> Once, I did this
> thing, now
> it is done,
>
> the calendar,
> all blossy,
> holds petals
> and weeds,
>
> this day
> sustained
> by stains and
> lush blend of
> the hood's
> square metres
> a perfume
>
> apart from
> history I made
> myself into.
>
>
> Sheila E. Murphy
>
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