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BREAK-IN
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Your door swung i~,jid:ds(in that pure
Arc of exactitud~"Sl.ight ballet
Of perfection) an_d;lf'iilalf fell
Into the room. Yo1.zi:ock
Had splintered i~ :~~de cage,
Its one stub tooth 01 horn
Ripping out the Whiteness of wood.
(The viciolJ!5 crys'tals of t:be
beautiful sl?owfall all night.
You watch the horizon's scarce
convexity through.egeJids frozen
into slits. ~Fl~~e:$ of Lee ,rockets
of brilliance;fire freezes
and hangs in the air.' You snap
off the flames likestalactiteso)
,..: ;J. .
Inside YOU lay in-~·piy.e
Shaft of light acro$S~)tlie·.floor,
Your make-up drawn clumsilYIYour
Face,this t111Je,frozen in the last
Of its long succesi01l of 1tJasks.
-Terry Rooke
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