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solidus ampersand

\'how is it that even something like

 

---- ---- ---- poetry __...=

 

{}? can be confined to little

 

//. prisms +±#

 

and language%

 

is like__'

 

''~ the untimely sun

(I want my words to be the moon

''/'"//]

ever waxing{

and waning|

 

and unable to describe) |||//

 

 

^^how is it that even

 

love*'

 

is dealt with in little words ;;

spat out in little moves

 

and falls away without leaving anything behind ..≈

 

 

 

and what is a poem ˚

 

which cannot confine &;;_

 

..))) all the sounds that i need

 

 

¶•• each little

chk, sk, tw, cr, wt, mx, zb, ydˆ

. or every

sh, wh, au, oh, lu, qi, je, ei~

 

 

and rhythm is measured in ⁄ ⁄

 

› metres and

rhymes .‹

 

'' like falsetto archepelligoes

stretched out in fixed times ...'"

 

 

 

but words are never enough˜

 

for (me/you)..//¡!

 

 

 

and •°love is like·

 

 

 

 

weather balloons

 

 

 

all adrift

 

with

 

 

 

the day.

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Nov 18, 2012
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