verses by Anna Barinova
2018–2020

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the shared language you and i apply
on news we get and troubles we get by
and shots we miss and miracles we witness
is sorcery that helps the world unfold
we open hearts and doors with bare word
as steps attune the many routes align
oh it is beautiful
oh it is mine

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the edge of the earth appears to be in my living room
its inventory being the subject of my concern
each item a tool for mastering repetition

loops are rendering time
that’s the finding in my research

and because on the edges disorder is most exposed
it is very important to keep the procedures attended
i know world relies on the sequence of my operations
and i’m happy to serve
guarding reality’s dim background

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baby glow baby glow
then I can recognise you
in the densest of nights,
from an accident passing-by,
even each time I meet you, you are in another body,
ever attempting unstudied forms,
how do I know you are seeing me back this time?

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in love with Kolossos Rhodios,
watching him from the water,
he is meeting smallness with mercy,
yet keeping stoneness.

the day i grow into a giant,
he is astand by my side, solar.

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The pearly light you love
The distant tune you hear
Vague as between two dreams
The pledges you received of his
The hour prior to the dusk

It all is back
The boundaries are blurred
And there is no unspelling you
The order your life used to follow
Is shattered, and you’re free of it
Yet still you sit,
Yet you remain unmoved