J. Redel

I Long To Be Precise And Write You Upbeat Postcards

Abstract. iphone 12 Pro iColorama app

Tuesday: how to go on writing warm words in round rain?

I’d be happy to speak your name in graphic, soundless

verses, but all the O’s roll out of reach, so should I

roll there along with them to silence, though I long

to be precise and write you upbeat postcards – “Don’t smoke

too much!” etc.

— Matvei Yankelevich from poem [Tuesday: how to go on writing warm words in round rain?]

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