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9 | class: autocento | 9 | class: autocento |
10 | ... | 10 | ... |
11 | 11 | ||
12 | This poem is dry like [chapped lips][]. \ | 12 | | This poem is dry like [chapped lips][]. |
13 | [It is hard as teeth][]---hear the tapping? \ | 13 | | [It is hard as teeth][]---hear the tapping? |
14 | It is the swan song of beauty, as all \ | 14 | | It is the swan song of beauty, as all |
15 | swan songs are. [Reading][] it, you are \ | 15 | | swan songs are. [Reading][] it, you are |
16 | puzzled, perhaps a little repulsed. \ | 16 | | puzzled, perhaps a little repulsed. |
17 | Swans do not have teeth, nor do they sing. \ | 17 | | Swans do not have teeth, nor do they sing. |
18 | A honking over the cliff is all \ | 18 | | A honking over the cliff is all |
19 | they can do, and that they do \ | 19 | | they can do, and that they do |
20 | badly. You don't know where I'm going. \ | 20 | | badly. You don't know where I'm going. |
21 | You want to tell me, [You are not you][]. \ | 21 | | You want to tell me, [You are not you][]. |
22 | [You are the air the swan walks on.][] \ | 22 | | [You are the air the swan walks on.][] |
23 | You are the fringe of the curtain \ | 23 | | You are the fringe of the curtain |
24 | [that separates me from you][]. I say \ | 24 | | [that separates me from you][]. I say |
25 | that you are no longer the temple, \ | 25 | | that you are no longer the temple, |
26 | that you have been through [fire][] \ | 26 | | that you have been through [fire][] |
27 | and are now less than ash. You are \ | 27 | | and are now less than ash. You are |
28 | the subtraction of yourself from \ | 28 | | the subtraction of yourself from |
29 | the world, [the air without a swan][]. \ | 29 | | the world, [the air without a swan][]. |
30 | Together, we are each other. You \ | 30 | | Together, we are each other. You |
31 | and I have both nothing and everything \ | 31 | | and I have both nothing and everything |
32 | at once, we own the world and nothing in it. | 32 | | at once, we own the world and nothing in it. |
33 | 33 | ||
34 | [chapped lips]: time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html | 34 | [chapped lips]: time-looks-up-to-the-sky.html |
35 | [It is hard as teeth]: no-nothing.html | 35 | [It is hard as teeth]: no-nothing.html |