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Paula Cunningham

EARTHWISH

EARTHWISH

EARTHWISH

Grant me the wayleave
across the draw-bridge to your sleep,
the by-your-leave
to wend the wild meanders of your dreams,
the privilege, now I’m fit, to split the turf
along your breast’s incline
come dawn.
Paula Cunningham

Paula Cunningham

(Ierland, 1963)

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EARTHWISH

Grant me the wayleave
across the draw-bridge to your sleep,
the by-your-leave
to wend the wild meanders of your dreams,
the privilege, now I’m fit, to split the turf
along your breast’s incline
come dawn.

EARTHWISH

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