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That loss & that seeking, they do connect, & here, caught, Lawrence. Doug On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Lawrence, there is something very important that this poem generates in > terms of a reality that sleeps in us, I believe. It goes somewhere. I > appreciate it. Sheila > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> I said once, to myself >> >> or perhaps to my lover, >> >> that being close to animals >> >> will make us more human: >> >> >> >> she sneered at me >> >> for speaking to a donkey - conversationally - >> >> on our way to eat, >> >> my hands danked by donkey tongue... >> >> >> >> it is two way, not magic - >> >> a rabbit's foot does nothing >> >> but lames the rabbit -- >> >> >> >> seek out animals >> >> like one who lost them -- >> >> non-speakers >> > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress). Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). that we are only as we find out we are Charles Olson