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p.9, Love in a Handful of Dust by Kirk Ramdath
– Poem, "burnt rice"
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when we are hungry
the spoon comes up empty
the echo of rice
burns in the pan
sacred begun, sacred remains
in the morning, a hollow ribcage
empty of stomach, empty of image
the cauldron burns
ask dust what it collects
lust the memory of water
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