SOME BEAUTIES
by Robin Boothroyd
Some Beauties
the falcon hears the falconer
loud and clear
she simply disobeys
*
slaughter contains laughter
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some beauties:
Nyiragongo’s lava lake
butterfly stitches
fisting
Tatiana’s letter
Egil’s lament
Eyjafjallajökull
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(yes you are my lodestone yes)
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the falcon
must be female
for the tiercel is the male
(so-called
because he is one third
of her size)
tercel-gentle (Walter Scott)
tassel-gentle (Shakespeare)
tassell-gent (Spenser)
small compliment / vast continent
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some more:
stormlight
cloudbursts
backflips
geodes
cashews
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trust contains us