Seal Flashcards
1
Q
When the
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milk arrow stabs she comes
2
Q
They meet
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with cries, caress as people do
3
Q
She lies down
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for his suckling, lifts him with a flipper from the sea’s reach
4
Q
Down in the
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thunder of that other country// the bulls are calling and her uterus is empty
5
Q
Alone and hungering
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in his fallen shawl he’ll nuzzle the Atlantic and be gone
6
Q
If that day’s
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still his moult will lie a gleaming ring on the sand
