In the abyss
between language and meaning
the crease of intent
is shelved with
volumes bound in leather
each embossed
in gold<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And when you
have selected,
dust, no… polish each
with the softest
white vapour;
care for the interstices
that lie between its words;
consider the colours
and shades of nuance;
search out the drifts
and shivers of significance\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
do not embrace,
do not grasps greedily
but use them tenderly
feeling for the perfect edge
which, with great love of locution,
I honed. Only<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then will you know my sense
and each allusion sense and sense
allusion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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