That loss & that seeking, they do connect, & here, caught, Lawrence.
Doug
On Jan 28, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Sheila Murphy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Lawrence, there is something very important that this poem generates in
> terms of a reality that sleeps in us, I believe. It goes somewhere. I
> appreciate it. Sheila
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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>> I said once, to myself
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>> or perhaps to my lover,
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>> that being close to animals
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>> will make us more human:
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>>
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>> she sneered at me
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>> for speaking to a donkey - conversationally -
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>> on our way to eat,
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>> my hands danked by donkey tongue...
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>> it is two way, not magic -
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>> a rabbit's foot does nothing
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>> but lames the rabbit --
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>>
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>> seek out animals
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>> like one who lost them --
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>> non-speakers
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>
Douglas Barbour
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that we are only
as we find out we are
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