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On 8 August 2018 at 12:00, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>         DOING AND UNDOING
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>         losing myself in my helpless hands
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>         white    motley    grippy
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>         my fingers pick
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>         old cloth    made
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>         of ancient seeds
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>         germs of    what    ideas maybe    singing
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>         in the head
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>         at my feet
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>         take out thread    or do it
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>         again I wait
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>         for what is
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>         always arriving    time at the horizon
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>         a white boat
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>         dark grey boat
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>         the world gathers like four elements
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>         or seven sins
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>         I am counting
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>         all my suitors
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>         fluttering    or breaking     like dog-tired rain
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>         outside my door
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>         I still count on untold clouds
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>         and every tide
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>         trees are waiting
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>         as if they knew all along
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>         to go forward
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>         is     a question    I always ask
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>         as I move
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>         grip the sky
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>         now ain’t the time     to break
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>         the next life
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>         is already here
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> ________________________
> Jill Jones
> www.jilljones.com.au
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> Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
> http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones
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