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Zywa Aug 2024
Spiritual life

is empty, you'll find nothing --


Everything is there!
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act Two, scene Two

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Power is maintained

with traps, purity exists --


in a prison cell.
Play "The Three Arrows" (1972, Iris Murdoch), Act Two, scene Five

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Awkwardly he holds

my hand, just like in photos --


from the olden times.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
For your life partner,

everything you write is picked --


from the life you share.
Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), A Celebration of Love, part One

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Relaxed by the gin

I get up and see the yard --


rotating round me.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
Zywa Aug 2024
Pleasures take their toll,

at the doctor, the dentist --


and the tax office.
Comical novel "The Black Prince" (1973, Iris Murdoch), Bradley Pearson's foreword

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Zywa Aug 2024
My world falls apart,

but everything just goes on --


despite of my pain.
Novel "The Sandcastle" (1957, Iris Murdoch), chapter Twelve

Collection "Unspoken"
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