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Zoo, or Letter Not About Love

from The Monastery by Claire Donato

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The swan is a replica of winter
Beak like a thicket and guarded
My most outstanding decoration
I consider him
He knows nothing of my weight
Nor about the weight of things

So I write another letter
You are the city I live in
But it’s impossible to meet you
The name of my month and the day
I float heavy and empty
Barely keeping my head
And there is almost no snow here
My dear

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I love you very much
I seem to be sinking
I fear each hour
Even underwater
The phone doesn’t ring
The phone doesn’t ring
You know nothing
About the weight of things

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from The Monastery, released December 25, 2019
lyrics gleaned from Viktor Shklovsky's Zoo, or Letters Not About Love (tr. Richard Sheldon)

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Claire Donato Brooklyn, New York

I write songs on my bed, practice Zen meditation, illustrate myself naked in fish tanks, take 35mm photos, and am the author of some books, essays, poems.

Here's an EP I made when I was 20: friendshippa.bandcamp.com ... more

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