She, I, she, they: interesting sequence of pronouns, Lawrence: I was lost there a bit but held on as it held me.
Not sure of that ‘of’ in 'acted of surprise’…
Interesting that it could also be a self-portrait of that sift I…
Doug
On Dec 4, 2013, at 3:26 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> She acted of surprise. I could not think
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> but only stammer, I being amazed.
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> It was in my nature, like a deep wound.
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> I was hungry, being hunted, bleeding
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> inside a notional self I would preserve.
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> She was free; never quite fully charged;
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> but crept up, not willing to go, and grabbed
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> hold on one wall to begin to speak,
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> voice harsh, masquerading; and, in all things,
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> taking in others with whom I tried to laugh
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> though they were being watched by calm police –
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> *they* must have been collecting for a zoo,
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> all of us; and I saw her, unconcerned
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> while she sought to be loved, taken over.
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Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Something else is out there
godamnit
And I want to hear it
C.D.Wright
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