As you turn to the oncoming magic, what subsumes?
Because everything can’t stay at the surface, what is forgotten

Adams, Carolyn

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B RYA N T  L I T E R A RY  R E V I E W48Chemo CAROLYN ADAMSAs you turn to the oncoming magic,what subsumes?Because everything can’t stayat the surface, what is forgotten?Your overlying shadow?The aspect of sensation,immediate, compelling?Or the primitive driveof instinctual flight?Is there a heavinessof limbs in your surrender?Do you remain alertto what creeps in, to cool or heatas it progresses, movingunder your skinlike a spreading realization?Does it urgeor discourage a resolveas it performs itsinner work?49C A R O LY N  A D A M SAnd you, there, alone,in whatever position you’ve assumed,do you poise an ideatoward what happens next?Do you allow yourselfto think that far?Do you ask,“When is this over?”then“What is ‘when’?”and “What is ‘this’?”and“What is ‘over’?”

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