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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