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ornate

2014-12-202011-04-11

If my tears soak the dirt
of this barren place
will it grow a sheltering tree?
Or an ornate streetlamp
and a tram-stop
and a corner cafe
and a friend?

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        • Nick Cave wind
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        • Elena, 1994
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        • Split
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        • In The Drunken Poet
        • Isosceles
        • Listening to Calla
        • Katharine’s Place: untuned piano, red dragon vase, 2008
        • Graham Nunn reading
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        • tarmac
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