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80 The Quiet Way Back (With thanks to Breyten Breytenbach for his 18 perfect words embedded here) No more words, my love, no more. If we are to return to anything let it be to the silence of a cathedral larger and lighter than the thought of a flower when a dream is the earth of a garden. Let it be to the click and zip of things unclasped, the creak of stairs, and footfalls towards the pews where once we genuflected before our bodies’ better knowledge of syntax. Peace be with you, my breast could intone, and from deep inside, inside me, into me, a rosary would bead back your emphatic reply: and also with you. [18.223.32.230] Project MUSE (2024-04-23 10:43 GMT) ...

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