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1960s, 2013, 20th century, 7*, abandonment, adults, boundary, breakdown, ceiling, childhood, divorce, doors, echo, emergence, floorboards, groundlessness, morning, parent, politics, relationship, scandal, society, Sylvia Plath, talking, walls, war
do I remember
the talk of scandal and abandonment
that made the adults talk low and aspirated
that tipped them
slightly panicked
to reaffirm the basic boundaries leaving echoes
in floorboard creaks
and door creaks as they swung open
to a halt
fear of the groundlessness beyond the edges
the wallnessless
the ceilingnessless were they
talking about the suicide of Sylvia Plath
or the breakdown of relationships in the early morning of the sixties
or my own parents’ breakdown
or assassinations
or executions
or scandals
or did I just impute that all into a young mind?
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
20th century & society wormhole: 20th century
abandonment wormhole: “write, let’s break / outta here!”
breakdown wormhole: there was a call and far from no response
childhood wormhole: alien / and awkward
divorce wormhole: 2nd November 2011
doors & Sylvia Plath wormhole: swifts test the chasm of sky
echo wormhole: afternoon 290613
emergence wormhole: 1965
floorboards wormhole: 1964
morning wormhole: ‘spilled out of the nurses’ / quarters …’
politics wormhole: Apologia
talking wormhole: you don’t talk to me
walls wormhole: the sun / in a clean / industrial / sky
war wormhole: 32 years
JFK, Sylvia Plath, Sharon Tate, Profumo.
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you’ve got it!
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Love this! Ah yes, I remember it well…
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regards …
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