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Katherine Dimma: Lay a Cross Upon my Eyes

May 11, 2011 by PBQ

This solitude cannot be overcome –
that is the first truth. It is the beginning.
There is in my eye a greater grave
of two in a silent house.
The self must hold –
no other can know its secrets.
Sex plays havoc, like a siren, says,
you and he will tame the sea –
only to be cast beneath the cuttings.
Through my thoughts crows fly –
thin as a vein and filled with hard locks
that will not be turned over.

Filed Under: Contributors 77, Issue 77, Poetry, Poetry 77 Tagged With: Contributors 77, Katherine Dimma, Poetry, Poetry 77

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