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Listen, whatever it is you try
to do with your life, nothing will ever dazzle you
like the dreams of your body,

its spirit
longing to fly while the dead-weight bones

toss their dark mane and hurry
back into the fields of glittering fire

where everything,
even the great whale,
throbs with song.

Added: 2 Mar 2002 | Last Read: 2 Dec 2008 3:46 PM | Viewed: 3178 times

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