Canto Five/ Union of Opposites
© Copyright 1995 by Diane Fenster

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Why one day--in a flash--did you feel the terror of existence?
And that voice that hollered at you you're alive and you can't see that you're alive
Who made your thoughts meet at these crossroads for all grieving winds?

from "Altazor or The Parachute Voyage" by Vicente Huidobro