is only one death
numinous no
mention of but one
even as so
many others die in
other places & do none
remember them or
inflect remorse
as if before death all
memories reach equally out
Wednesday April 6 2005
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
He saw the dark as a ragged garment
spread out to air.
Through its rents and moth-holes
the silver light came pouring.
Denise Levertov
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