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Zywa Feb 23
To reconcile us

I sing appropriate words --


the old well-known song.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (3-) 34

Song "Bird on the Wire" (1968, Leonard Cohen, about Marianne Jensen, 1969 album "Songs from a Room", 1968 release by Judy Collins)

Collection "Low gear [2]"
Zywa Feb 23
The ground beneath her

feet has taken her, the earth --


whose praises I sang.
Novel "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (1999, Salman Rushdie) - Orpheus

Song "The Ground Beneath Her Feet" (2000, lyrics Salman Rushdie, music U2, album "All That You Can't Leave Behind")

Collection "Low gear [2]"
Zywa Feb 22
They are just shouting

back and forth, then continue --


mumbling to themselves.
Composition "2me Sonate" pour orgue, "Ce beau poisson d'amour qu'est Jésus mon sauveur" ("2nd Sonata" for *****, "This beautiful fish of love that is Jesus my saviour", 1956, Claude Ballif), performed by Jean-Luc Etienne in the Organpark on February 18th, 2024

Collection "org anp ark" #376
Zywa Feb 22
The underwater

***** takes a breath, gurgles --


and splutters out tones.
Composition "2me Sonate" for ***** (1983, Jean-Pierre Leguay), performed by Jean-Luc Etienne in the Organpark on February 18th, 2024

Collection "org anp ark" #374
Zywa Feb 21
A golden story

is not forged of sparkling truth --


It shines with deceit.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapters (1-) 6 and (2-) 23

Collection "Low gear [2]"
Zywa Feb 21
With a clean duster,

the maid goes around the house --


waving like a queen.
Novel "Fury" (2001, Salman Rushdie), chapter 14

Collection "Low gear [2]"
Zywa Feb 20
You cry in your sleep,

that is a side of yourself --


that you don't know yet.
Novel "The Golden House" (2017, Salman Rushdie), chapter (1-) 12

Collection "Low gear [2]"
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