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| July 01, 2005 | Petit, Pascale | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
UNEARTHLY LANGUAGES 
 
   I was fluent in the music of the spheres 
   but it faded. So I salvaged one note 
 
   and kept it under my tongue 
   to fuel my first breath. 
 
   After my birth, I broke that note into colours 
   with which to see the world-- 
 
   our home, where I was locked 
   ...

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