Miracle on St. David's Day Flashcards
1
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It might be
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a country house, guests strolling…
2
Q
I am
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reading poetry to the insane
3
Q
A beautiful
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chestnut-haired boy listens entirely absorbed.
4
Q
A schizophrenic
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on a good day, they tell me later
5
Q
In a cage
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of first March, a woman sits not listening, not seeing, not feeling
6
Q
I read
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to their presences, absences
7
Q
He is
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suddenly standing, silently
8
Q
Like slow movement
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of spring water or the first bird of the year in the breaking darkness// the laborers voice recites the Daffodils
9
Q
The nurses are
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frozen, alert: the patients seem to listen
10
Q
He is hoarse
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but word perfect
11
Q
he has remembered
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that there was a music of speech and that once he had something to say
12
Q
before the
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applause we observe the flowers’ silence.
