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<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">an arm grab</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">s a golden stamp.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0pt;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0pt">
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<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">FOUNTAIN</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><br> <br></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
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<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">The lion, which falls on its face, bends the little girl.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Red blood spurts.</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br> <br></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">‘THE GAME IS DEATH…’</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">The game is death. Husk before death.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">In euphoria there are the blackest flowers.</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br><br></span></font><span style="font-size:small"></span></font></p>
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<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><br></span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">‘YOU </span></font><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">ARE </span></font></i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">MY ANGEL</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">’</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">You </span></font></font><i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">are</span></font></font></i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> my angel.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Mouth strewn with chalk.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">I am the servant of the ritual.</span></font></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Intact.</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">In a plain of fire.</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br>
</span></font><span style="font-size:small"></span></font></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">I walk on gold dust.</span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> <br>
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<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Translated from the Slovenian by Brian Henry. </span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">"Fountain," "'The game is death...'" and "'You </span></font><i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">are </span></font></i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">my angel'" from </span></font></font><i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Sonet o Mleku</span></font></font></i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> (</span></font></font><font><span style="font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"></font></span></font><i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">Sonnet on Milk</span></font></font></i><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">), 63, 30, and 26, respectively.</span></font><br>
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<font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><b>Tomaž Šalamun</b></span></font></font><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> has published more than 37 books of poetry in Slovenia and 11 books in English. His many honors include the Preseren Fund Prize, a visiting Fulbright to Columbia University, and a fellowship to the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. He also has served as Cultural Attaché to the Slovenian Consulate in New York. His poetry has been translated into more than 20 languages around the world.</span></font></font><i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"> Woods and Chalices</span></font></font></i><font><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">, translated by Brian Henry, appeared from Harcourt in 2008.</span></font></font></p>
</div></span></div><div><br></div><b>Brian Henry</b>'s sixth book, <i>Wings Without Birds</i>, will appear from Salt Publishing in April 2010.</span><br clear="all">
<br><div><br>-- <br>RealPoetik<br><a href="http://www.realpoetik.org" target="_blank">www.realpoetik.org</a><br>
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