axial poems [1986- ]

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REFERENCE

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IS THE ONE

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IMPOSSIBLE

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THING

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To name it
makes it
what in it
is it

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MIXING PERSONS

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When you
said
what you
said
to me
to your-
self
you con-
fused
us

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ON THE ALERT

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to catch
it quick
before
even
it
can be
said
to be
thought

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MORPHIC RESONANCE

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Form
sounds
name
like
sound
forms
shape
things

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THIS SENTENCE IS NOT SO LONG

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as
to
make
it-
self
so
de-
vious-
ly ex-
tended
you
lose
track
at
any
point
here-
with
anti-
cipated
where
you
de-
cide
to
stop
and look
back
to
where
you
were
just
now
and
can-
not

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THIS ISN’T LANGUAGE

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my
foot

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HERMENEUTICALLY SPEAKING

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In the beginning
is
not
how
it read
the first time

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ALLONYM

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The
name
the
other
one
you
are
knows
you
by

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THE ALLOMORPHIC SET =

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[the
one
thing
the
more
than
one
thing
have
in
common
that
each
one
thing
has
differently]

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SITTING

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re-
flecting
up-
on
the
water

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DON’T LOOK NOW

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Nothing
is
back there.

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LOOKING
ON AN-
TERIOR I-
DENTITY

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Do
you
remember
remembering
remembering
the first
time

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LOOKING MORE LIKE IT

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The stranger
it
comes
into town
the more
it
looks
like
life it-
self

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THE SLANT I

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TAKE AS STANCE

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If it’s
good
enough
to stand
on
it’s good
enough
to let
loose
in
through


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THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED

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let
the light
shine
clear
through


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THOROUGH THROUGH & THROUGH

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EVERYTHING HAS MANY VERSIONS

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unnoticed here

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EXTENDED SPEAKING

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However many
times you say it
it makes
itself all
over

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WHAT IS WHERE AND NOT

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If creation
is out
of nothing,
nothing is
more
immanent
in the thing
than the thing is
immanent
in itself

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IT’S ONLY HOPE

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is
that it is
other
than itself

for other-
wise
it is not
what it is

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THE WORD IS

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the
world
erasing
its
name
before
your
eyes
register
the critical
letter
lacking

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