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VASE OF MEMORY

The dried flower stands
Frozen in a blue vase
In the black hole
Where I live

The vase
Ah--- the sinuous, liquid, living vase
Changes shape and substance
Curves like your breast
Opens as you used to
Has five senses, as I used to
Curls around the flower
Tasting, touching, seeing, hearing,
Breathing ITS red-rose breath
Of once-upon-a-time
On the dead petals

I cannot stop loving you
I crush the flower in fury and sorrow
It crumbles into dry tears
That course silently
Down the accursèd bowl
Dissolving in the sweet venom
And re-forming once again
Into that barren bloom
That cannot live and will not die

The Vase of Memory
And its cruel mantra:
You will never forget
You can never forget
You will never forget

In actual fact:
I don't want to forget

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from Love Unbidden - love poems for Irene, released June 26, 2020

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Peggy Seeger Oxford, UK

Peggy is one of the most influential folk singers on either side of the Atlantic. She is Pete Seeger’s half-sister and Ruth Crawford Seeger’s daughter; her first life partner was the English songwriter Ewan MacColl, who wrote First Time Ever I Saw Your Face for her. She has made more than 22 solo recordings to date. Please check ewanmaccoll.bandcamp.com for other albums featuring Peggy. ... more

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