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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

FAQ

FAQ

Where does beauty register in the body.

In the chest, the heart, and the forehead.

Why, when looking at a beautiful thing 
do we close our eyes, sighing.

To make the pleasure more private,
but also, to sketch the lines of what we saw
so we can bring them back.

Why does beauty prompt a twinge of pain.

Because it isn’t yours. Nothing is.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

This Wide Quietness

This Wide Quietness

Making a mountain
into a garden

requires three things:
you eyeballing

your terrain, distance
you condense

by blurring your vision,
and a mountain.

Stone could be moss,
snow and rocks

can become flowers
if enough hours

you devote to gentle
attention. Fennel

flowers, blush and plum
foxgloves, come

closer. You want more
beauty to care for.
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