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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Coil / Will Dockery (Ping: George Dance)
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:23:58 +0000
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Ping: George Dance, this thread has good examples of the quoting
situation and ongoing problem:

> Coil
>
> This coil of pain
> memory burns
> with flashing image
> and haunting misses.
>
> Distinct dream vision
> mixed up with consciousness
> train seems right on top of me
> conductor has an agenda.
>
> Only the gods see beyond this veil
> I've seen those eyes
> red blazing and shaking.
>
> No time to think,
> no desire to.
>
> There seems to be a wide awake
> slow ride
> consciousness carries
> stretches through these years
> these days... this minute.
>
> As if the night could purify
> rather than corrupt
> my reptilian hands
> my repetition in signs.
>
> -Will Dockery  (2003)
>
> {Revised and updated 2025)

HTH and HAND.