A mind filled by the heart sees a world full of beauty and compassion.

Contents

. ignorance . intensity . indignity . iniquity

Indignity

to enact baseness

to conduct unworthiness

to impatiently dominate

DUST

This candle will sit up on the shelf tired and limp with a burned out wick

refused to be lit

a gentle tap on the wax exposes a dry filament

lighting again

this timedust quickly takesfast to fire.

© Mari Amman. All Rights Reserved.

Poetry, Prose &Suche VOL I.

First edition 2023, electronic distribution. Text and Images by Mari Amman.

The poems contained within this volume were drafted circa 2006-2009, in Chicago, USA, and edited during spring 2023 in Paris, France, with the enormous support of The Trélex Residency.

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