February 19th
By Ray DiPalma
"Oaths are the fossils of piety." -Santayana
In an attempt to transcend my limitations I have thought to create an expressive neutrality. These pages I give to the dog to shred.
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MARBLE SHOES
'I have not brought
the message. I came
with the message.
I am a part of what
is said to have
happened.'
Pauses or deletions in the text: ainos (story) & ainigma
" . . . an abstract unity . . .'' [Baudelaire]:
and the unapproachable distance.
"All research on the labyrinth ought properly to begin with the dance." [Kerenyi]
An inevitable order in the world
Compels silence
Not an outcome but a simulacrum
Of its rhythm
Copyright Credit: Ray DiPalma, "February 19" from The Ancient Use of Stone. Copyright © 2009 by Ray DiPalma. Reprinted by permission of Ray DiPalma Estate.