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Two Poems

Two Poems R u s t y M o r r i s o n My mother is dead. To say the thing, as thing. But that was weakness. Essential in the verbal perform ance o f any statem e nt is its m o rta lity.T h e little cir­ cle o f tim e th a t talking makes, like a hunger-producing foo d. Delicately th o u g h , one m ig h t speak, fastening the m any tin y w h ite buttons o f a th in black sweater, each button teaching fing ers th e ir task again. Cerem onies o f sustenance are not nurturing. To trin k e t after trin ke t, the death o f a m o th e r entices one to touch. W ith fing ers, th e shape o f hers. A n y statem ent w ill correspond to texture , th e m yriad be dro om w a lls are always p re se n t—one could reach a hand o u t and in so doing make a surface. W h ite is n o t pro ph etic in such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png English Language Notes Duke University Press

Two Poems

Morrison, Rusty; Zemka, Sue
English Language Notes , Volume 46 (1) – Mar 1, 2008
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Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
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0013-8282
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2573-3575
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10.1215/00138282-46.1.159
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R u s t y M o r r i s o n My mother is dead. To say the thing, as thing. But that was weakness. Essential in the verbal perform ance o f any statem e nt is its m o rta lity.T h e little cir­ cle o f tim e th a t talking makes, like a hunger-producing foo d. Delicately th o u g h , one m ig h t speak, fastening the m any tin y w h ite buttons o f a th in black sweater, each button teaching fing ers th e ir task again. Cerem onies o f sustenance are not nurturing. To trin k e t after trin ke t, the death o f a m o th e r entices one to touch. W ith fing ers, th e shape o f hers. A n y statem ent w ill correspond to texture , th e m yriad be dro om w a lls are always p re se n t—one could reach a hand o u t and in so doing make a surface. W h ite is n o t pro ph etic in such

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Published: Mar 1, 2008

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