A Sharp Intake of Breath
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Джон Миллер. A Sharp Intake of Breath
a sharp intake of breath
acknowledgements
Small Sculptures
St-tropez
The orange sunset
an open window
the key to liberation
burdens of survival
a blue in the corner of her eye
the best defence
was my life worth living?
bench of lies
cupid’s warped bow
break of day
a salve, spread thickly
le mas des sources
a sharp intake of breath
a long time to be hidden away
learn the new
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a Sharp intake of breath
JOHN MILLER
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From then on, the wall behind the pharmacy harboured all sorts of found objects Lil and I didn’t want our parents to know about—an extra stash of marbles, a shiny gold crucifix we discovered behind a church and would never have dared to bring home, a box of matches, and countless stray pennies we saved up to buy ribbon candy.
The next year, when Mrs. Debardeleben was torturing me with the obturator, I went to Lil for help. One morning after my therapy session, we grabbed Ozzie and took off early to St. Patrick Street. We scanned the sidewalks as we always did, to see if anyone was watching, then ran to the end of the alley. Lil counted ten columns in from the back and five rows up. She picked at the brick, worked it out, and stuck her arm in the hole to pull out our accumulated loot. We sat with legs splayed in front of us, scattered the treasure, and started counting. When Lil declared that nothing was missing, she popped everything back and I crammed Ozzie in last. Lil placed the brick into its slot and off we shot, out of the alley and home again.
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