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  • Hair
  • Jidi Majia

For Francesco Lentini

I said I would write about your hairWe were on a boat in Venice

I said I would write about your hair,that it reminds meof the tranquil distant waves of Sicily,the riddle of clover and hyacinthrolling there

I said I would write that your hair reminds meof the overwhelming Mediterranean sun at noonPure white perfect salt amassed in the seathat it reminds meof the blank space that has already diedbeyond timeFish and seabirds are thereAnd those veined lines of predestined karmaon marbleI said I would write about your hairWe were on a boat tour in VeniceI don’t think I’m remembering wrong [End Page 86]

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