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11th to 11th -- Without Ictus,
Within Throe
(A Prose Poem With Note for Ann Marie Almeida)
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Something deep, hidden, and empty has found me and taken
me to its silence
and solitude
If it is God, I'll be fine. I'll drift up after a disconsolate
and darkened
desperation humbled but with enough light to see
If it is not-God, there will be nothing there to hold me,
and I'll re-emerge
some unforeseen dawn as naturally as morning mostly does
Still, for now, I'm in the throe
(wfh, 11Sept-11Oct 2001)
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Note:
ic-tus, according to Wordsmyth, is
1.
a metrical or rhythmical stress, as in poetry.
2.
in medicine, a sudden pathological attack, such as a stroke or epileptic
seizure)
throe, is
1. a deep, wrenching
pain or sudden spasm, as in death or childbirth.
2. (usu. pl.) any convulsive
or anguished struggle, or great exertion:
in the throes of combat;
the throes of moving to a new house
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