Two poems on the plasticity of memory

Simon Orpana1

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Accepted: 30 May 2018
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Published: 1 July 2018
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Orpana Two poems

The Guest

From this breath on, the memories The joints that hinge anatomy
I shall aspire to make So many roads these bones to steer
Sun-bleached and surrogate Will desiccate and disappear
To dismay my enemies Wherever chance deposits me.

Will infect the lithosphere Your strong arms remain the fold
Rank monsters to unleash, Steering me through great distress,
Injecting twilight’s crease Holding me in soft caress,
With a different atmosphere. Turning tears to gold.

The sun itself is made to melt This sole memory I keep,

From the venoms we exude Measurement of all the rest,
When schedules and rectitude Wide as its foundations deep;
Vex the hired help. Welcome, deathless guest.

Revolt gathers behind clouds,

Unrest rattles rusty dreams,
Vain pleasures wear away the seams
Of each lonely shroud.

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