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LIBRARY  \nC2003,Melanie Cameron  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval systen ortransmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from The Muses'Company,an imprint ofJ.Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc.,except for brief excerpts usedin critical reviews,for any reason,by any means,without the pernission of the publisher.  \nThe Muses'Company Series Editor:Catherine Hunter  \nCover artwork:\"Floating Woman,Russian River,2002\"by Johnny AceCover design by Terry Gallagher/Doowah Design Inc.Author photo by Mark MortonPrinted and bound in Canada  \nWe acknowledge the financial support of the Manitoba Arts Council andThe Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program.  \n# Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data\n\nCameron,MelanieWake/Melanie Cameron  \nPoems.ISBN 0-920486-49-5  \nI.Title.  \nPS8555.A51955W332003 C811'.54 C2003-903950-1  \n# ee oontents\n\nRemembering.It's like you are /9  \n# Eleven Reflections on Walking\n\nThe poplars lining the side fence /13A boy sits cross-legged on the dry prairie /16Learning to walk/17  \nAnd she doesn't remember the butterflies pinned/18Pretty,the boy thinks../19The boy picks rocks in the pasture /20  \nBefore supper:running,running,running—arms outstretched—/21The flowering begonia—pink?white?—/22The boy climbs a tenth of a mile into the sky/23Walking into each other,and walking/24The boy,a man,returns to the farn,in a dream/25  \n# The Hand Withdraws\n\nTime opens/like dreaming unfolding/29The skins of memory slide /31  \nOr,dressed in its many skins,cassocks,gowns,rags../32Within ourselves,/stone/33Unyielding memory becomes /34Your buried /self is a gaunt thing,blind/36The ones who dig,their names /37How/could even the queen of the greatest/38You might say this queen is too/39Stepping in/bare /41  \nYou desire/memory's approach,its fleeting/42We want/to believe words /43Remembering is not/a funeral…./44  \nPublic Death  \nShe wants /to unlock/47  \nIt 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