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    Fract and Flect
    Fract and Flect
    Fract and Flect
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    Fract and Flect

    By Candice James

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    The intangible thinking of tangible things and the tangible thinking of intangibles. This is a poetry book exploring possible impossibilities anc vice versa. A very entertaining read indeed by New Westminster's Poet Laureate Emerita.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSilver Bow Publishing
    Release dateOct 16, 2017
    ISBN9781927616598
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      Fract and Flect - Candice James

      fract and flect

      by candice james

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      Circles

      drawing circles in eternity

      becomes exceedingly droll

      when faced with the formidable fact

      that most of us are not invulnerable.

      you,

      i know i see you there inside your private square

      but i also know you are not really there

      because i only deal in circles.

      begone

      he who is but an apparition.

      ghostly spectre

      touch me not,

      for if you do

      circles will mean nothing

      and then what will eternity be?

      Black Top Hats And White Gloves

      black top hats & white gloves,

      velvet & satin blending magnificently.

      i clap at the thought with a thundering heartbeat.

      i lay my hands on a brainwave

      to let it be as it is meant to be.

      we create our own walls

      and then we

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