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previously published in Magma
24;
in collection, The Zig
Zag Woman, 2007,
Two Ravens Press, ISBN 978-1-9061200-8-5
A Pair of Small
Ears
I have come to
translate the silence.
I’ve
bought paper and pencils
and
a pair of small ears.
I
ask you
not
to disturb me
until
the task is done.
First
I will unwrap the ears
and
place them face up
on
the floor.
You
will observe their strangeness
these
tiny shallows
these
bridges of bone.
They
are waiting for the sound
of
no sound –
nothing
is permitted
not
even the intermittent
buzz
of a fly nor the tick of a wall.
You
must soften your breath
learn
patience –
shuffle
along any vagrant thought.
Soon
the ears will begin
to
quiver – gently they will
pick
up the pencils at their side.
Listen
closely –
the
word is about to be
written.
Maggie
Sawkins
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