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MATHIAS SVALINA

The Wine-Dark Sea (III)

Make a noise
& there is no
predicting

what some fingers char
to war poem
or worship.

Is this a landscape yet?
or only lyric
lingering?
Surprise chains

like drying
skin.

Make a noise.
Don’t worry.
It stays forever.    

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   Contributor’s notes

   The Wine-Dark Sea (I)
   The Wine-Dark Sea (II)
   The Wine-Dark Sea (III)
   The Wine-Dark Sea (IV)

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