“Renault / Paris / 1935” by G.C. Waldrep | Blackbird v19n2

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Renault / Paris / 1935
from elegy for simone weil

how many monuments
must I suckle, Father—

I work my house into the ground-
socket, tone by tone—

its bowstring glistens in the draught—

I will live another year, perhaps—
indecently—
locked in a single breast—

as every night is indecent
but guards the bowman’s right arm

while he digs & tastes, digs
&—invariably—tastes—

   Canto Selah
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         Renault / Paris / 1935
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