Re: [-empyre-] this tree which cannot read

[tamara lai <tamara.lai@skynet.be>]

beautiful!

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> De : Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
> Répondre à : soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Date : Fri, 28 Nov 2003 22:43:45 -0500 (EST)
> À : soft_skinned_space <empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Objet : [-empyre-] this tree which cannot read
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> this tree which cannot read
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> 8c8
> < i am standing in storm and in sunlight.
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>> i am standing in storm and in snunlight.
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> i am the writing for this tree.
> i am standing here day and am standing here night.
> i am standing in storm and in sunlight.
> i am standing in snow and in fog and in thaw.
> i have never seen the other side of the hill.
> i have no idea what is on the other side.
> i can't see into the ground unless a squirrel digs a very wide hole.
> i can't move to escape the squirrel who is busy with me.
> i can't move closer to hear anything on the other side of the hill.
> since i am blind perhaps there is no hill.
> perhaps there is no squirrel.
> when the great winds come i cannot protect myself.
> i can only hope and can only hope when the great fires come.
> when i lose a part of myself i do not lose the whole.
> i am not sure when i lose a part of myself but i am sometimes
> strengthened.
> i cannot tell what is happening around me nor avoid the axe.
> i cannot huddle or mourn and cannot tell you about my children.
> if any of them should live. i cannot speak.
> i am writing this gift for my friend the tree which is outside my window.
> my friend cannot hear me and cannot see me.
> these many years. my friend has not known me.
> i am writing for my tree which cannot read.
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