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Oliver de la Paz – Dear Empire


Oliver de la Paz

Dear Empire,

The ice shelf leaves
a heart-shaped cleft
in the earth.

From space
its shadow is
as small as
the grooves
in your hand.

This hand is writing
you a letter.  It is making
an oasis of salt.




postcard from Phaedon (photograph by James Nachtwey).

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