Thomas King
77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin
A kind of erasure is at work and so form and content mesh.
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Let us now discuss
missing and
murdered
aboriginal women.Let us now discuss
murdered
aboriginal women.Let us now discuss
aboriginal women.Let us now discuss.
Not sure that I am quoting this whole poem. Not even sure the CBC gets it right either.
https://www.cbc.ca/books/read-work-from-thomas-king-s-first-poetry-collection-77-fragments-of-a-familiar-ruin-1.5306406
By the logic of the poem, the last line to disappear should leave white space. A void. But no way to measure its duration either in time or on the page.
The only way out is to retrace steps, uncomplicate the erasure, focus on specifics. From an agreement to discuss. Begin again.
Or else entropy wins.
And so for day 2628
22.02.2014