#fleetling extracts

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but the rain fell through October

Audre Lorde, from ‘‘Never to Dream of Spiders’’

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we were always saying goodbye / in the blood in the bone over coffee / before dashing for elevators going / in opposite directions / without saying goodbyes.

Audre Lorde, ''Movement Song'' from From a Land Where Other People Live

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I feel / no coldness that can't be explained.

Louise Glück, from ‘‘Metamorphosis’’ in The Triumph of Achilles

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Touching you I catch midnight / as moon fires set in my throat

Audre Lorde, from ''Recreation'' in The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

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June's edge. The sun / Turns kind.

Louise Glück, from ‘‘Solstice’’ in Firstborn

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Sooner or later / you'll begin to dream of me.

Louise Glück, ''Marathon'' in The Triumph of Achilles

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everywhere you turn is luck.

Louise Glück, from ‘‘The Undertaking’’ in The House on Marshland

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your goodbye is a promise of lightning / in the last angels hand / unwelcome and warning / the sands have run out against us

Audre Lorde, from ‘‘Movement Song’’ in From a Land Where Other People Live

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I am the sun and the moon and forever hungry / for her eyes.

Audre Lorde, from ‘‘From the House of Yemanjá’’ in The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde

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And now April raises up her plaque of flowers

Louise Glück, from ‘‘For Jane Meyers’’ in The House on Marshland

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I tell you if it is my own will / binding me I cannot be saved.

Louise Glück, from ‘‘Abishag’’ in The House on Marshland

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envy / is a dance, too [...]

Louise Glück, from “Tango’’ in Descending Figure

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sunlight / pools in their throats.

Louise Glück, from ‘‘Happiness’’ in Descending Figure