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February 03, 2004

fragments from a notebook found at the back of a cupboard

like tides
the steady breathing of the sea

memory
tugs at her shore

*

she has become
so fragile
the wind might lift
her away

so pale
he can almost see the bones
under her skin

*

a grandma who gets lots of calendars for Christmas?

Ria’s brother is autistic and
he sees dead people

*

ARD Fairburn?
CK Stead?
Kevin Ireland?
- Frank’s parties

*

Polite, reserved.
Slightly quizzical demeanour.
Charming.
Said odd things.
A bit eccentric.

*

drops of rain slide down his glasses
the landscape swells
and glistens

he rubs his glasses between his fingers
tries to make out her
face through the blur

*

he finds her cardigan
sprawled on a rock

her sandals
tossed to one side
grains of sand sticking
to the brown leather

*

the wind snatches away her voice

she gathers the weather around her
like a cloak

*

the way you ran your hands
along the wall

I could almost feel the rough
texture of plaster

*

I wanted to run my fingers
over your spine

*

the glossy skin
of rain on the streets

she walks
on the other side

*

who is Sophie Moleta?
she shines too bright

*

someone finds a set of false teeth
a bridge breaks
floating rocks
someone who has met Bill Clinton
one huge yellow eye
set em straight

*

boundaries in hospital
paintings/owner

where do the names come from?

this is all very well, and
no one is going to rescue me.

Posted by Fionnaigh at February 3, 2004 09:03 PM
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