Blind Tears
March 23, 2018From that first dark day the Khmer Rouge, a scourge of scarlet locusts,
From that first dark day the Khmer Rouge, a scourge of scarlet locusts,
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Blake’s angel, for all his winks and nods, Wouldn’t have it, though it hangs for having: Drop of down and blush quavering on the rim Of ripeness, playing at a fall.
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Most of my life I’ve believed what these eyes see these hands can touch, that seeing and touching—being touched— ends when they nail the coffin lid on.
An old three-legged dog, whiskers whitening, coat black as the carbon of a starless winter night, slowly hobbyhorses along the cobblestone street near the park green and water blue of Gradina Cismgiu in graying Bucharest.
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