we left us behind Lord, with Thy body, on a cross, saw them hammer the nails in, with the others, so many before You we had watched bleed to death, so many deaths we have spoke against in silence, as we did again, railed against them wtih downcast eyes & turned backs, railed against them & abandoned Thee
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the waves
against the boat
the waves
against the boat
the waves
against the boat
the waves
against the boat
the waves
against the boat
the waves
against the boat
the waves
against the boat
the waves
·
so where did you go?
this way
& that
&
only ourselves
crazy in the vast blue of
the sky
the sea
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sometimes in the night frightened by my own cowardice things i should’ve said or done dreams the man in black walking towards me the buildings falling i am powerless to stop him tho his face is mine his eyes are mine i am watching it all happen wordless
sometimes in the morning waking the boat is rocking he is watching me & i say nothing i say less & less think more & more my lips dry yes as much from stubborness as lack
of desire set sail in despair into the midst of
at night the dreams of daytime & my silence my inabilities my
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gulls
gills · (& in the distance hills)
part 2
‘having heard the story of the giant Buamundus in the happiness of a feast, jestingly called his son by the giant’s name.
Ordericus Vitalis
Historia Ecclesiastica IV, 212 (as quoted in The Lost Literature of Medieval England by R.M. Wilson)
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B
U
A
M
U
N
D
U
US
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being more than most
being of some parts larger
(the girth)
being loud of mouth & large of appetite
being proud of his size
his strength
BOO!!
set a scare
AMONG US
·
·
certain: was talked about
uncertain: what was said
certain: a jest
uncertain: whether he would have thot it funny
·
came there
to that cross
Christianity then
in England
circa 65 a.d.
among the saints the disciples the crowds that gathered
Andronicus
Junias
Buamundus
·
us as us
history
as in
we have one
remembered
forgotten
all at once &
together
the absence inseparable from the presence
gone so much longer Lord than You were with us
·
being drunk one night
pissed in a stream
overflowed
the whole town flooded
no one would speak of it
fearing they had
wet their beds
a sign
the witches still said
of inconstancy
this & other tales
before his conversion
·
was said to have slept with
various women
possible
as he was
small for his size
(source of some shame
tho for his situation --
lack of other giants --
a blessing)
·
rumoured to have impregnated
all the women in one village
at their request
was actually shy but
in demand
longed for
the company of
ordinary folks
other
people
·
Briefly:
Unhappy
And
Misunderstood
Until
Near
Disciples.
Ultimately (& this stands outside the known pattern) it is their
Story
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part 3
‘Esperaunce in the worlde nay.
The world variethe every day.
Esperaunce en dieu in hym is all,
For he is above fortunes fall’
Anonymous ‘in the roofe of the hyest chawmbre in the gardynge’ at the Duke of Northumberland’s house at Leconfield, as quoted in J.G. Russell’s The Field of Cloth of Gold (London 1969.)
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