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I am the dusty jewel of a forgotten city I am paper, limp from the humid air I am the fragrance of a woman from another life Bring me memories, bring me the swirl of the woman lost in a trance I am the heart beating in rhythm with music long forgotten I am the […]

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whangaumu beach [map], new zealand. i am your breath, before i wake i am slightly out of focus i am the shadow cast by the strings of the cello i am a rainbow of prayer flags i am the power to choose my own destiny i am a weekend, up at the beach i am […]

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i am the first coffee of the day i am a broken bottle i am the handwritten letter i am the last page i am your word for 2010 i am borrowed time i am the lid you can’t get off the jar i am the stuff collecting in the back of your couch i […]

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i am the wood fire burning beneath your outdoor bath i am the dawn chorus i am a cup of sugar borrowed from a neighbour i am your mother’s favourite recipe i am light filtering through the trees i am the angel of death i am the broken wing of an owl i am black […]

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i am the wind screaming across the canterbury plains i am the untranslatable language of dolphins i am undiscovered life-forms at the bottom of the ocean i am the last cookie in the jar i am all those words you wish you’d never spoken aloud i am the arms of time, pulling us all a […]

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