Wrong Etymology
when it seemed to me that we were breaking up
I read philosophy all day
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I read philosophy all day
I read philosophy all day
words like branches of a tree
seen through a skylight I can no longer afford
seen through a skylight I can no longer afford
can you love someone and make a choice to leave
is it ever acceptable to cut
the body – cut
one thing from another
is it ever acceptable to cut
the body – cut
one thing from another
after all
there is life and blood
there is life and blood
perhaps because I am poisoned by poetry—perhaps because the poem can use the field as a metaphor for one thing and then another—suddenly I was speaking / crying and speaking—suddenly she was wounded / I was the one who wounded her / I didn’t wound her—purposely I was speaking / I was not crying on purpose.
when the book came in the mail it was only separate pages
like useless and lifeless leaves on a tree
like useless and lifeless leaves on a tree
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I read philosophy all day
what I read connected with everything / except
what I needed to know / except
how to cut and suffer / suffer and cut
what I needed to know / except
how to cut and suffer / suffer and cut
“a failure in his capacity for perception”
is it ever better to incorporate
loss / watering the money tree / swallowing
language/ economic metaphors for one
intimate moment and then another
loss / watering the money tree / swallowing
language/ economic metaphors for one
intimate moment and then another
after all
there is blood and life
there is blood and life
perhaps because my kids are growing up—perhaps because I’m surrounded by all these feelings I must not think—suddenly I was quiet / quiet and crying—suddenly we were in New York / I was with my mother / she is not my mother—angrily both women walked / these feelings we must not think
what I share with my books is the need to fill up the world with language an insatiable need not to know