marlene mountain
poems
1979-1980s
1982
woman's ritual
we load our voice wrapped in thin
paper into the back end of cars
framed retuned colored red
haul it out take it there haul it in
over a mountain
down an alley
we unload our voice deep within
squared buildings beyond the lock
unfold within an oval
we voice our load
some
some hear
some hear see
some hear see touch
we load our voice wrapped in thin
paper into the back end of cars
our loaded voice
haul it out take it home haul it in
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