Thanks v much
L
On 29 January 2015 at 11:06, Tim Allen <
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> Love this - it speaks to me Lawrence.
>
> On 28 Jan 2015, at 12:58, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
> > I said once, to myself
> >
> > or perhaps to my lover,
> >
> > that being close to animals
> >
> > will make us more human:
> >
> >
> >
> > she sneered at me
> >
> > for speaking to a donkey - conversationally -
> >
> > on our way to eat,
> >
> > my hands danked by donkey tongue...
> >
> >
> >
> > it is two way, not magic -
> >
> > a rabbit's foot does nothing
> >
> > but lames the rabbit --
> >
> >
> >
> > seek out animals
> >
> > like one who lost them --
> >
> > non-speakers
>
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