Fady Joudah

Non-terminal

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Non-terminal

No shards where one is bound to no place in the first place where one is bound to no place in the first place all shardswe were clear on that from the beginning we were clear on that from the beginning Absence is always sudden to hear your voiceonce more more once more more echo than shrapnel qualia of the forbidden transforms itself into wounds regeneratesa hydra or lizard tail a hydra or lizard tail touch meI’m alive again I’m alive again there isn’t enough time or proximity for your essence or mine          to vanish we’ll remainfire and ice who turn to glass fire and ice who turn to glass that doesn’t shatter mercuryif it shatters if it shatters