early modern Europe
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a dark age it needed
a dark age it neededa military trumpeter to becomea rooster at dawnbefore it began to become an age ofchurch bells in bronze polishedto a glow that clanged in the sun risentown that woke when charlemagnetribe by tribe conqueredthe scattered germaniclights into one great lantern he was crownedemperor of the romansthis is how an imperial day Continue reading
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when they cease to be your friends
when they cease to be your friendsit begins when they wake your daily companions the changebegins one morning the firstmorning after the annual season returns they waketheir lives dressed in silks and velvets embroideries abandoned and in their sleep smocks and in the woolen breeches of workers they go out of their roomswhen the oat Continue reading
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with nora removed
with nora removedby a dialect for every fingerand by another for every toegone to antwerp to learn to speak a dutch you don’t understandi asked that you remove your shirtand barechested lieface up and flat backed to the flooryour eyes became a mouththey uttered that i’d cursed in my supplications as i prayed to slice Continue reading
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i hear that you’ve sworn to abdicate
i hear that you’ve sworn to abdicate from your scholarship here at this universityto walk away from the vacation of your dormitory from the evacuation of your fortunes from this wittenbergthe weekly assembly gathers mondaydeparts from the town at dawnlet shame creep heat blush up your neck into your face before youwalk across the empiresmell Continue reading
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(the horatio monologues) ixx
an apprentice should be tempted to abandon his apprenticeship pay double what’s paid to an apprentice four guilders when he signsor makes his mark at the bottom of the page Continue reading
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