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vertebrae honed to a point<\/p>\n
backbone\u2019s ridge disintegrating<\/p>\n
the sharp edge loses focus<\/p>\n
drifts off<\/p>\n
bleeding into sky<\/p>\n
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these microboulders rolled<\/p>\n
up and over<\/p>\n
knife\u2019s crest<\/p>\n
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southern ocean Sisyphus<\/p>\n
time\u2019s lesson in<\/p>\n
persistence<\/p>\n
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a parable of sand<\/p>\n
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this relentless wind<\/p>\n
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air molecules<\/p>\n
drum ears and hollows<\/p>\n
roar defiance<\/p>\n
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as sirens<\/p>\n
beckon sailors,<\/p>\n
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move mountains<\/p>\n
a grain at a time<\/p>\n
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\u00a9 rob walker<\/p>\n
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originally published as\u00a0\u2018Persistence, Dunes, Perlubie Beach\u2019 in Famous Reporter #31<\/em>, Dec 2005, this inspired the composition \u201cdunes\u201d by Belinda Gehlert which was first performed by rob walker and Zephyr String Quartet at the concert Resonance<\/em>, Adelaide, Oct, 2007. The poem also appears in micromacro<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" vertebrae honed to a point backbone\u2019s ridge disintegrating the sharp edge loses focus drifts off bleeding into sky these microboulders rolled up and over knife\u2019s crest southern ocean Sisyphus time\u2019s lesson in persistence … Continue reading