torus

john martone

samuddo / ocean 2012

torus copyright 2012 john martone samuddo / ocean ISBN 978-1-300-39750-2

torus

an island... dhm 25

overalls whats left of hurricane

a hurricane comes & theres a childhood

a hurricane comes & its old age

hurricane a good nail-pull

a great tree fell on that rooming house

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that room all its windows after a hurricane

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lucky that tree fell parallel

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hurricane doesnt touch that split-rail fence

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hurricane all mother remembers

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mother the white pines pink inside

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you cut up that white pine it sweats

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blood washes from your arms pine sap wont

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sister gone & now her dogwood too

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hurricanes edge so much for words

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hurricane this is my parents house!

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as many rings the fallen pine & you

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white pine dogwood arbor vitae cherry maple extension ladder

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once again roofs a tree

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sawdust its all one boat

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chain saws too hurricanes torus

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seagulls wingspan taking measure

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upper arm dogwood stump

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rocking chair youve been here before

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mothers blue slipper such a journey

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some days spoonsful of soup

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keeps talking about upstairs isnt any

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after a hurricane

looking & looking

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from O.E. segl, obscure origins

that island road you remember not of this world

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hillside cave above harbor harbor

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w/ them no need to speak nothing happens

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maybe theyre just patterns falling light ... they dont disturb a thing

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out of time all this time waited for you

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others somewhere around you feel welcome

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they dont have names neither do you

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bare masts wood blocks sailboats empty in what wind

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shapes of wind in sail look human

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