literary
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the prince’s mother
the prince’s motherthe elector’s widowjohann of brandenberg who’sappointed regent over saxonyhe adores herand his adoration tolerateswhat proclamations she issues from dresden Continue reading
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Text and Video: abi’ll bring the baby home
abi’ll bring the baby homeput him to bed on a rug where the lino is worn through to the bare floor woodi’m afraid she’ll speak how we liveinto the child’s name the name by which we must call himwe must call him solomonthe lioness expects ithttps://youtube.com/shorts/FMOpU8CtAWs?feature=share Continue reading
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you learn solitude
you learn solitudeyour classmates all are like older unclesi haven’t read anywhere that the soul has shutters that swing open nor have i heard anywherethat it has doorsyour peers when they strolluphill the street to market squaredown lane through the meadowwhen they wade from the grassshores of the elbe into the shallowswhen the light of Continue reading
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Text and Video: back in august
back in augustwe’d planned to put a crib in that second roomi laid a light colouredcarpet down against a somber tone in there and nowthe child’ld catch a chillunder the warmth i painted across the ceiling in whiteand through the cheerful air i painted on the walls in yellowhe’d catch his death by coldhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/55Z7Fu8U9Ps Continue reading
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these two fingers
these two fingersi asked that you place themhere on your wrist like thisyour liver turnsyour banquet into blood i saidit ebbs upriver through your arteries to your heart i askedif you could feel it ebb from your heartupstream through your veinsyou said you couldyour heart’s in good health i saidnow you sayit’s not that heart Continue reading
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Text and Video: i never thought as i carried her over the threshold
i never thought as i carried her over the thresholdthat the october wind would blowthis cold and this continuous through the wallfrom around the window frame in the wallit blows down on where the child’ll sleepblows the pilot light in the gasfurnace out and this with cold cominghttps://youtube.com/shorts/rNrpKJ2LXr4?feature=share 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 never thought as i carried her over the threshold 05
Hi Everyone: Here’s the fifth segment: https://youtube.com/shorts/KlMSyKKNnFo?feature=share 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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Video: i never thought as i carried her over the threshold 04
Here’s the next segment of the poem…. https://youtube.com/shorts/8PnTtrVXN5E?feature=share Continue reading
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