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Septuagesima by John Burnside:

Nombres.
Estan sobre la patina
de las cosas.
—Jorge Guillen

I dream of the silence
the day before Adam came
to name the animals,

The gold skins newly dropped
from God's bright fingers, still
implicit with the light.

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This entry was posted by Ivy on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 6:34 PM. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

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1 comment:

At 4:59 PM,

Renee Wagemans replied:

giving a name actually says something about the innemost self of the person you give a name

to get to know someone is not in silence

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