Mary Norbert Körte

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Mary Norbert Körte

Dragon of Space

In the room farther away than a window I am alone taken of myself cross-steps reach the other side is all I must and I am alone to dissolve rocks under my naked eyes cornered aslant this wall huge with sleep feeds on dark air and I am alone how still the mouth of desire

Mary Norbert Körte

Letter Seven

nighttime and I died and all the pieces of me scattered through the sharp curve of sky and came to rest on their own hesitations (my restlessness proven and the hope of a sometime peace mockery as cheerful as the laughing girl at Playland you said the years from 18 - 22 were the most important in anybody's life so I tried to think what had happened to me then (since I should think about these things at the last and I wanted to know what I did

Night Lines in Sun

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Night Lines in Sun

where the turns of your rocks despoil the sea weary with that mating you lie dulled by separation with your face lined tentative not from age but squinting at the sun mountain your glance is nondescript for I cannot spell your silence nor will I match my gestures dumb to yours when motion is patient and I must be in my seeking precipitate with love

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