The Telling Itself

And Our Ears Are Formed Of The Sea As We Listen (Affinity, Kinship, and The Difference Seeking Machine)

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COMING TO THE MORNING

You make me remember all of the elements
the sea remembering all of its waves

in each of the waves there was always a sky made of water
and an eye that looked once

there was the shape of one mountain
and a blood kinship with rain

and the air for touch and for the tongue
at the speed of light

in which the world is made
from a single star

and our ears
are formed of the sea as we listen

W.S. MERWIN
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The Telling ItselfBy Steve Tell