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How can I recite you
A poem
Made from ashes?
I wrote it with my finger
Surfing on their soft silence
They fell from the sky
Perhaps it was the afternoon light
burning
Or human skin and bones
How can the poet tell?
I curved my palm to give a place
To their dark tiny crystals
Words magically appeared
Little ashmemorie
George Vassilacopoulos was born in Greece and migrated to Australia in 1974. He taught philosophy at La Trobe University (Melbourne).
