In Article<Dzszn9....@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, <ae...@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU> writes:
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> From: ae...@curry.edschool.Virginia.EDU (ALICIA BARNES)
> Subject: TIMEPIECES
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> TIMEPIECES

> pieces of time i have collected
> i would trade them for
> that lovely hair,
> for your hair lover,
> the coarsely woven
> bracelets by the Masai,
> hair of giraffe and
> elephant tail.
> my beads from Kenya
> they are rare...
> swirled lime and amber onyx
> ancient bone and unakite
> unstrung and rolling free
> in a soap-stone box.
> all the hands that have
> held my treasures,
> the hands that have felt
> that lovely hair,
> i would trade them for
> your hair lover.

> 6.23.95
> ALICIA E. BARNES
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