I am not a person to say the words out loud

I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page:

know it from there, from my silence, from somewhere other

than my tongue

the quiet love

the silent rage

—  Keri Hulme, from “Against the Small Evil Voices,” in Strands.

Notes:

• Photo: Miguel Ángel Muñoz book cover: Quédate donde estás (via Your Eyes Blaze Out.)
• Poem: The Vale of Soul Making
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