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So and If
a poem by Maria Barnas
So and If
On impression and the impression
Of reality
And
The reality of impressions
And
And
And the impression of reality
And how
Reality
Impresses
As such
As
Such such
Reality
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On which note I would like to suggest
That impressions
In general are
Of course
Notwithstanding
The impression
Of what it means
To be impressed
By
In
On
Along
And so forth.
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So
and
For example
If
A
Fire
Burning
For what else can it do
With its furious contours
Raging.
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So and
For example
If
There is a word
I cannot find
Ablaze.
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Not even a trunk
Or branch
Nor twig or leaf
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The space between
Crests
A lake in itself
Lapping
The question
What is a lake in itself
And so and if
Looking is a form
Of touching a careful
Listening and mumbling
Stumbling
Blissful Avoidance
And suddenly
A forceful sailing away
On the right word:
Tree or: wind
Or:
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A rustling
In what remains
Rustling in me