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Monthly Archive for August, 2008

Time in a Face

Hands progress around the clock’s face, passing cheeks at 3 & 9, the chin at 6. Ticking past the temples, past the hollow beneath the bone with where powder and sweat pass one another through the pore doors. Time wrinkles in the winking.
Fingers trace circles like beach grass in wind. They stop at high noon, [...]

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Vertical Space

I’ve been swimming a lot lately. No laps––rather a water dance, piercing deep then spiralling up. I consider depth. From deep down, I look up the surface. I rise, my hands ahead of me. I see their reflection as I approach the surface until there are four hands wavering in water and light their fingertips [...]

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