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Mimi Khalvati
The Middle Tone
The Middle Tone
The Middle Tone
Just so I spend my life asleep.Stars, if there are, might shine above
And dust, dust that I’ve always loved’s
Now dirt at most I lightly sweep.
But cantaor, I too exist.
My middle tone of dung and nectar,
flower and carrion, is a star
that fell, dust I too once kissed.
Reproduced by kind permission of the author and Carcanet.
© 2007, Mimi Khalvati
From: The Meanest Flower
Publisher: Carcanet, Manchester
From: The Meanest Flower
Publisher: Carcanet, Manchester
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The Middle Tone
Just so I spend my life asleep.Stars, if there are, might shine above
And dust, dust that I’ve always loved’s
Now dirt at most I lightly sweep.
But cantaor, I too exist.
My middle tone of dung and nectar,
flower and carrion, is a star
that fell, dust I too once kissed.
Reproduced by kind permission of the author and Carcanet.
From: The Meanest Flower
The Middle Tone
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