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By Anne-Marie Te Whiu

3 July, 2020

This piece is the first in a five-part series of responses for BLEED—an online biennial festival from Arts House and Campbelltown Arts Centre. This poem was written in response to Hannah Brontë’s mi$$-Eupnea’ (2020), which you can view here
 
 
 

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”  shift  to face

”  delete  to dive

”  caps lock  to grow

”  return  to open

”  tab  to swallow

”  control  to silence

”  option  to listen

”  command  to birth

before alphabets
and clocks
before nouns
and indifference
there were relationships

the domination dogma
lay dormant
no up or down
only a matrix
of oneness

come full circle

build a small 
constellation of people
so fire gathers close
do not forget
how to grieve

 

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