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Floating under the surface,
stones weighting her body,
gremlins and goblins 
were hobbling her soul;
she's full to o'erflowing, 
her faculties failing,
she swam with the fishes 
and found her way home.

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...an epitaph for Virginia Woolf
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Onclaud Avatar
February 9, 2016 at 3:09 PM
ohh, eloquent in capturing the mystique of woolf.. i learned a lot from her stream-of - consciousness technique.. what a bright work, keith..huggs
Bickerstaffe Avatar
February 9, 2016 at 3:16 PM
me too... her novel 'The Waves' is a masterpiece in the 'stream of consciousness' genre. Thanks nette!! Best wishes, Keith
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