I could blame da wye da sea is smoothed
da stanes; da sylk o touch; da waelin, laevin;
an will da haert be dere whin I come back?

—Christine De Luca, “Discontinuity”
published in DAT TRICKSTER SUN (Mariscat, 2012)

Hear Christine read this poem on The Poetry Archive:

https://poetryarchive.org/poem/discontinuity/

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