I like the way it begins in domesticity, some ordinary speech, then slides sideways into some other space, Lawrence.
Doug
On 2013-01-10, at 3:34 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> DOMESTIC
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> one of those argumentative days.
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> it all seems unconvincing.
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> sucked in another outburst --
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> parting with urgent necessity --
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> a person's body crumpling --
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> the face disrobing – blending
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> unrecognisably as a trapped echo
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> or dying in a void slowly
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> attraction closing
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> desire for despair
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> lowering of a mind
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> in surprised recognition
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> throwing shadows pulsing
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> impenetrably materialising
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Douglas Barbour
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