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On the ice flow they grip,
cut, twist, break open seeds
throwing out the white salt,
revive volcanic dreams:
unable to satisfy
their diminuated lust
the allegoric flesh
learns the thrill of return.

— John Carder Bush The Creation Edda (1970)

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Can't you see where memories are kept bright?

When I
and stallion
blend
the grass gets cropped.

Control: A translation (1974)

Time in her eyes is spawning past life,
One with the ocean and the woman unfurled,
Holding all the love that waits for you here.

When God comes at me
do I bow the stallion's legs
or meet him with flared nostrils?

Control: A translation (1974)

When Man comes at me
do I rein in the stallion,
or let him meet the hooves?

Control: A translation (1974)

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