JF Mingione: writings: TURTLE

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

TURTLE

The world’s too big for me I should live in my shoe! Or be a turtle Carrying my house upon my back But here I am, born into a house My ancestors built Stoking the coals of my consciousness As if I were the first to huddle Over myself in a cave Language clots the veins Like the tongue of a flame That... Sign in to see full entry.

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