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  • means both dumbly

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    iv.

    I know agape means both dumbly
    open and love not the kind of love
    that climbed the stairs to you.

    Sweet Double, Talk-Talk [iv.], Catherine Barnett

  • everything that was

    … ran through a secret list of everything that was good. (Emily St. John Mandel)

  • speaks to the shadow of leaves

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    Attend to these found and delicate marks; distinct sentiments may arise; small oscillations

    remains all supple hands and gesture

    skin of language
    fusing its finest seam

    in fluent light
    with a raised finger

    dance of lips
    each sentence complete

    he speaks to the shadow
    of leaves

    strung tissue paper
    snipped into delicate flags

    on which side of the conversation
    did anyone begin?

    wearing two skins
    the brilliant question mark of Mexico
    stands on its head
    like an answer

    The Man Whose Voice Has Been Taken From His Throat, Naomi Shihab Nye

  • nothing to break or barter but my life

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    I have just realized that the stakes are myself
    I have no other
    ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life
    my spirit measured out, in bits, spread over
    the roulette table, I recoup what I can
    nothing else to shove under the nose of the maitre de jeu
    nothing to thrust out the window, no white flag
    this flesh all I have to offer, to make the play with
    this immediate head, what it comes up with, my move
    as we slither over this go board, stepping always
    (we hope) between the lines

    Revolutionary Letter #1, Diane di Prima

    Dans la nuit du 23 au 24 août 2026, Kenscoff a une nouvelle fois été frappée par les gangs : au moins 47 morts, dont cinq enfants, plus de 50 personnes enlevées et 25 maisons incendiées. (Haiti Inter)

    Man on the street via FB (Medya Laria )

  • AG2026_1233605a or for a thrill

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    Look at where we are, Hot Chip (Major Lazer Remix).

    In for the Kill, La Roux.

    I’m going in for the kill
    I’m doing it for a thrill
    Oh, I’m hoping you’ll understand
    And not let go of my hand

  • AG2026_1233652a or Listen and tell

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    The heart of a bear is a cloud-shuttered
    mountain. The heart of a mountain’s a kiln.
    The white heart of a moth has nineteen white
    chambers. The heart of a swan is a swan.

    The heart of a wasp is a prick of plush.
    The heart of a skunk is a mink. The heart
    of an owl is part blood and part chalice.
    The fey mouse heart rides a dawdy dust-cart.

    The heart of a kestrel hides a house wren
    at nest. The heart of lark is a czar.
    The heart of a scorpion is swidden

    and spark. The heart of a shark is a gear.
    Listen and tell, thrums the grave heart of humans.
    Listen well love, for it’s pitch dark down here.

    Arrhythmia, Hailey Leithauser

  • I Will Always Love You

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    Dolly Parton. I Will Always Love You.

  • And then life lets you go home to think

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    Doreen St. Félix (New Yorker) and Maggie Haberman (NYTimes)on a lady of the moment.

    And then life suggests that you remember the
    years you ran around, the years you developed
    a shocking lifestyle, advocated careless abandon,
    owned a chilly heart. Upon reflection, you are
    genuinely surprised to find how quiet you have
    become. And then life lets you go home to think
    about all this. Which you do, for quite a long time.

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    Starfish, Eleanor Lerman