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PALEOLITHIC REMAINS
II. The unearthing of carbonized millet “All the proof we need” the bones of animals at both sites “cultivation and hunting” On the east coast of the Yellow Sea the children remove their canvas shoes Bend to meet the slap of sea water Spit out salt & weed The paper dry body of an anonymous fish lies like a fragment of old silvered glass
In the north, a long fence and a hidden forest Spirits walk the length of it The fishing people went into the plain-pottery people Became them, to become another, to leave To dig clay from the earth Dust-red slip Arms washed clean from a water bucket The wood across your back, feet making a path like a dry riverbed Rocks holding their breath (the memory of slick and glitter) A moss pillow for the weary or lazy A bull mask with a gold ring lies in the future, among the tongues of mothers The necessity of becoming the plain-pottery people Beggar or chooser Gift of a stone axe, a stone net sinker Was the first to cross over a woman, curious, or alone The exchange of a child The gift of a child A child lost on the way to gather (fire) surfacing tasting the air On the opposite shore of the Taedong River No bridge but the cold reflections of clouds |
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