from "Ancient Greek / Berliner also"


Observe. I am interested in her, see. (" 'With what eyes?'
, as it is in Sappho."
See also Berl. Klassikertexte 5 P 5006) I am also
manufacturing endorphins (I feel). I am end-
orphanizing b/c I am in pain. Who wdn't be?That's
what worries me: I find some part of me["athingsatdownonce
sidling over to the edge thinking[ "onHenry'sheartsoheavy
maybe it won't be: [ . . . .". . . ["thousandyearsandweepingsleepless
. . . ". . . . . . . . . (7) ["andallthebellssaythisisnotfor
["thinking

[. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

Thisalphabet is verysmall.
. . . ..]I am touched by it,
small things and their shadows have always touched
meif i want to die, "these memories
can't wait,"this alphabet
is very small, fairest of all
stars that shine, where
now
shall I
go
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34 Berl. Klassikertexte 5 P 5006
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. . . . heart. . . .altogether . . . .[if]. . . . . .
I can . . . .shall be to me. . . .shine back . . . .
. . . .fair face. . . . . . . . . . . .engrained. . .
. . . . . . . .(7) number of lines lost unknown. . .

Liz Waldner


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