THis really did hit the mark Alan.
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From: Janice Maxwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sun, 8 May 2005 06:46:40 +0800
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good work! glad to be on this list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Sondheim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA Subject: Eda ( Date: Sat, 7 May 2005 16:55:46 -0400 > > (for Murat) > > > Eda > > > I wander up and down in my father's caravan. > The camels are old they are laden with wine and cloth > And the ground yes the ground is stony and hard to traverse > The camels move and I I work back across the limits > from one end to the other covering double the distance perhaps > Perhaps covering half or now a slow wave my father's caravan > and I walking the route of the stony ground > > ""Ankara is a wife, Istanbul a mistress"" (Murat) that is to say > Ankara geveret Istanbul isha no that is incorrect, it means > nothing in no language I walk back against the dark order > of forgotten language the camels gamal they are walking > the cliffs > > Between them there is a woman > > Among them a woman More and more is forgotten the brass > knives something for food jewels pale before her It is an > illness this mind going quickly I will beg of the doctor I > will say hasten my death faster than this this forgetting > I will cease walking after all it is only one an end > to the other > > > ===
