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had to reach into the water first, & feel the face of the seal he
had snared before hauling it onto the ice. if its face felt human, the hunter
would release the creature at once
those by the sea have many taboos as if they have not lived there long
i have been born further forward (in other times)
she read what she had written before i came in
i found my fingers pressed over my mouth & my eyes howling
she understood
she said in quite a cheerful kind voice, don't cry, you can do it too
there's a projection of space & time behind & ahead
it's like standing in a wide place
the other
is like standing in a river,
everything comes toward you, it's as meanings, it's like being in a dream
awake, it's reading it as if it's a dream, it's meanings, color, it's connected
to color. the other is space
movement between minds
i feel it physically
writing follows the voice out
or: it separates
at the table behind thank you jesus
for this lovely breakfast & the nice time we are having together
father and
father in law, young children
the girl sides with the gulls
they're not stupid, it isn't nice to the gull to say that. even that little
baby gull? it's cute
it's very cute but it's stupid, compared to other birds. like the hawk -
you should know better, after you eat your egg then you can put syrup on
the rest of your pancake
i
wasn't going to -
don't
cry, look at your brother, he's a good boy, he's not crying
will i? i will -
turn right around looking in his face saying what's the matter with you?
personally, so personally it's as if no one has heard it, except that when
i've turned away again he asserts himself humming
then singing
rallies them, hey kids who made the ocean
jesus did
are you sure?
yes!
but he didn't make the mountains did he ...
yes-he-did
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