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GIBBOUS


painted with light on its right
seemingly white, but not quite
a silver glyph seems to write
some of the foresight the Sun, daily, bequeaths

It does so until
-fully grown and wise-
purely bright it arises
seemingly white, but not quite
painted in the sky at night


by Patrícia Magalhães

originally written for Jen Shyu's Jade Tongue performance at The Stone in January 2007.