This one seems interestingly fragmented, Lawrence, or just shifting voices?
That last line, & who says it...
But I enjoyed following through...
Doug
On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:00 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> All touch a placing; thinking phenomena;
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> a river whispering, to thrash out security.
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> A large quiet, an auditory lucidity,
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> surrounded by sorrow: hum and tongue.
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> You feel unwilling, trailed by publicity,
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> following advertisements, a cortege.
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> You think perhaps that love might be
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> when Eurydice left behind
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> one of two minds
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> false doors each way
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> Touch to take up her quietness.
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> Amuse me.
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Douglas Barbour
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