the mouth ringing (saudade) from the permanent irreparable taste of loss from which there is no feeble recovery no hauling of life from the well only the fitful acceptance of fate the kneeling before life the choking down of silence in song
Author: Eleanor Jackson
Eleanor Jackson is a Filipino Australian poet, performer, arts producer, cyclist, writer, gal about town, feminist, freewheeler, and friend.
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