pantomime wars
that
sanctify
massacre
using cheap talismans
and instructions
reading
a map of the world
is breathing through signifiers
you repeat
the relevant stillness
the hesitation within an arc
traced by a word
that denotes a weapon.
look to the side.
where you look
is who you are.
what is left behind
what is left behind
what is left behind
what is left behind
pantomime war.
after the momentum
after you look
where do you go?
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
Last edited by roachboy; 08-19-2007 at 09:38 AM..
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