I like the direction your recent poems are taking Tina. The first half
of this gets to me more than most of the last part, but the last few
lines catch back up.
Doug
On 11-Sep-06, at 1:46 PM, Tina Bass wrote:
> paper offering
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> promises for unemployed
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> unemployables for building
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> bombs amazing
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> what a can't
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> and I remain.
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> seated arse-cheeks
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> flattening across
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> economy
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> shit
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> and it is raining
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> still still raining
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> falling hard
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> against
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> still
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> cold
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> left side pressed against
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> an ancient rad - burning
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> I. am in constant
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> in continent
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> impudent
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> no! speaking
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> for what is left?
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> for what is right?
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> a thought a simple
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> worrying worrying question
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> bits bombs paper scribbled
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> countless meaning nothing
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> whatsoever. absolutely.
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Where philosophy stops, poetry is impelled to begin. He was
a man, far away from home, biting his nails at destiny.
Susan Howe
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