ten times now
the cells have come & gone
slowly erasing the trauma
I no longer recall
but that little white line
on my finger
told a tale
I told many times
my only dog who bit
& disappeared
the scar a reminder
of what I forgot so soon
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuations 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
How, but thru a monstrous 'specialism', the so-called authority of erstwhile 'professionals', have we come to leave breath out of images and images out of breath, anyhow?
Roy Kiyooka
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