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poetry is
the description
of a transition
the details
of a voyage
into new unknown
lands laying
beside us all along
.
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*
the art of handling time
handling an illusion if we
think of it to have
the impression
to immobilize it in
a moment of presence
when everything is clear by
the second we may say
.
wishful familiar
sound of water
falling
back on itself
a fountain springing
up in a middle of a lake
occupying space for
a second even less
never still
a constant being
so let it be
.
.
.
.
*
to meet a man
with no past
.
of no recent past
better a man
.
that doesn’t call
past what is
.
present
that knows
his tenses
.
to meet a man
with a past that
.
made him
vulnerable yet
.
secure to take
risks in spite of
.
to be that man
to be one that
.
adds and not
steals to be a
.
man to be
of a man
.
to be
i’m
.
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*
it was now
a matter of time
.
falling
asleep
knowing you
near
.
( I thought so)
.
.
on the other side
of the continent after
.
hours trying
to fly off
ice
.
fear of skating
fear of sharp
wings of ice
on the propeller fear
.
of dying with
you alone
knowing it
.
___you were
___asking on
___morning hours
___I nodded
.
present
.
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annamosca 