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SPM Books
triptych
obemata
ISBN 978-0956810199
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as to silence what can i say
of this silence that peels from silence,
this tongue that is indebted
to silence?
this silence spills deep
inside me.
i feel it on the tongue, vocal cord, voice,
lips. silent,
this searching out of silences, one
searching the other out,
searches out this vocal cord that can’t say
what it wants to say,
at least,
the lips that can’t say where they are at,
whether or not the voice is lost.
what can i say
when silence says all i can possibly say.
xxxi
there is no death greater than the deaths
we die. when we pack
the dusks and dawns we have lived,
readied ourselves for departure
that moment arrives.
the dawn we have not lived we reserve for our loved one.
we spread the remains of dusk we lived on our palms,
codicils written in blueprints,
dated, witnessed, sealed
so no one shall put yesterday to the proof.
departing is unlike parting, is unlike leaving
for announced dates,
is unlike catching a lover by surprise,
still we depart prepared.
leaving or arriving,
departing or parting
as if death were to catch us by surprise
we will love our loved one
so deep no love shall be deeper than ours.
dearest, meet me where we crossed yesterday:
we have seen many dusks, we have lived many dawns,
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