From BELLICOSE VARIATIONS
Rosselli, Amelia, Chicago Review
Prey to a most violent shock, wretched
and near to your heart I sent incense smoke into
your eyesockets. The Ardeatine caves mixed credences
and dreams- I had departed, you had returned- death
was a crescendo of violence that found no succor
in your head of deceit. The murky waters of
my disenchantment were polished by your joy and by
my having you in hand, near and far like the turbine
of summer stars. The night- wind departed and
dreamt grandiose things: I rhymed within my powers
and took part in the void. The spinal column of
your sins harangued the crowd: the train ground to a halt
and it was within its talk that …
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Publication information:
Article title: From BELLICOSE VARIATIONS.
Contributors: Rosselli, Amelia - Author.
Journal title: Chicago Review.
Volume: 56.
Issue: 4
Publication date: Winter 2012.
Page number: 47+.
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