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Poem

Paul Casey

Paper Stone Circle

Paper Stone Circle

Paper Stone Circle

stone turns to paper in her eye
as she filters cycles of light
into circles of paper stones

her eye is a stone circle
a near-infinity of light
that sees the circle as finite

the near-permanence of stone
the almost endless circle
is light, impermanent as paper

stone and white butterflies
circle and circle her
she questions their sentience

stone ancestors
paper-light circles
she sees them say

she hears their paper voices
say, know your own time
be light, circle, stone
Close

Paper Stone Circle

stone turns to paper in her eye
as she filters cycles of light
into circles of paper stones

her eye is a stone circle
a near-infinity of light
that sees the circle as finite

the near-permanence of stone
the almost endless circle
is light, impermanent as paper

stone and white butterflies
circle and circle her
she questions their sentience

stone ancestors
paper-light circles
she sees them say

she hears their paper voices
say, know your own time
be light, circle, stone

Paper Stone Circle

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