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Jenny Bornholdtonline works |
Poems of departure1 The idea of separation affords us the greatest intimacy ‘I am going away’ means you can open your arms with the greatest of ease the risks are minimal from now on and because there is nothing to lose, only miles to cover, the honesty can be enormous we go out to each other in a new way with a sense of loss already. 2 I am speechless with the distance of it. Words stretched out across the plains don’t thread together easily it is too far to go between the hedges to get sense. Really, the act of leaving defies all reasoning. The subtlety of it is contained in each step taken towards the doorway in the packing and sealing of boxes in the suitcases the empty walls. From This Big Face (VUP, 1988) © Jenny Bornholdt |
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