Ahpsahla's Bog

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Descending
..........irregularly
......................with the fine light
..................hair of Eeunks
....................like a visual sound
of blowing
deciduous......
brush around his neck
and shoulders ......Momentarily
she falls
..................with him
to a grey-brown bog ...with.......................
iridescent
..................charcoal
..........................grasses
that she
cuts.............
.................to lessen his anxiety

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...........................................Floating
...........................................down-slope
..................................a voice
...................................and face of Ahpsahla ...echoes
...........................about his right

standing straight...............................
...............inhabiting ...the charcoal alders
........that grow
in a tangled thicket................
.....around the bog with
.....................................her brown skin and
......................bare ......low cut limbs ....partially
........................clothed in black shreds
........................of decaying leaves
her image showing
................................between the branches
she and Pahn clear...................................
the twigs
from around her legs.................
paring the lust ......that surrounds her .......
to a few strong stems..........
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