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Archive for November 20th, 2006

the snail mover

Snail Mover

 

Every night down the side of Hamilton Avenue
when it rains
the snails try to cross
the sidewalkI don’t know why
cause there’s nothing to eat out there
and it can’t be too comfortable
but maybe that’s whyThe carnage is terrible
pedestrians clop along to the popping sound of crushing shells
like mouthfuls of ice being chewed
So I go down there and [...]

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slow passion

Considering The Snail
Thom Gunn
The snail pushes through a green
night, for the grass is heavy
with water and meets over
the bright path he makes, where rain
has darkened the earth’s dark. He
moves in a wood of desire,pale antlers barely stirring
as he hunts. I cannot tell
what power is at work, drenched there
with purpose, knowing nothing.
What is a [...]

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