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by Benjamin Norman Pierce wings must harden air to flee the earth to flee the earth ice must melt and breathe and scatter ice must melt and breathe and scatter, sky must grab and drop it wet sky must grab and drop it wet to taste the earth in flying ice to taste the earth in flying ice the light must soak the sky the light must soak the sky that plunges to night to quench a thirst that plunges to night to quench a thirst which can be stone and can have wings a thirst which can be stone and can have wings wakes the mud to life the mud to life must rise and life to mud must seep and life to mud must seep to flee the earth the mud to life must rise, wings must harden air |
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XXVIII
by Benjamin Norman Pierce to shift some inward weight I stir the world to motion I stir the world to motion with one single incongruity for my fulcrum with one single incongruity for my fulcrum I see all the world tracking balance I see all the world tracking balance to shift some inward weight I stir the world to motion to ask where stillness ever entered me |
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XXIX
by Benjamin Norman Pierce in a curve I augur unaccounted origin and end augur unaccounted origin and end and account the line a life and account the line a life and close a curve from end to end and close a curve from end to end and call a boundary a thing it holds and call a boundary a thing it holds and a thing a boundary expanding and a thing a boundary expanding in a curve I augur and beyond the line and curve we know unaccounted origin and end |
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