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Author: Christopher Hewitt (1946-)

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All I need to know (Foetus in a jar: Love in a glass case. I don't like the look of it) - B. Hess [x] *
as usual I'm emerging from the secret corners, the antique doorways [x] *
B. Hess: This Spring

Foetus in a jar: Love in a glass case. I don't like the look of it [x] *
B. Hess: All I need to know

If only I could change like the lake-- dark-- light-- dark-- a broadening smile [x] *
B. Hess: The lake

It requires faith: to travel a murky world where stop signs are sea anemones [x] *
B. Hess: Metamorphosis: Fish

Metamorphosis: Fish (It requires faith: to travel a murky world where stop signs are sea anemones) - B. Hess [x] *
Ophelia (Whenever, like Ophelia, I'm in jeopardy, I dream I am she in time's aspic) - B. Hess [x] *
The lake (If only I could change like the lake-- dark-- light-- dark-- a broadening smile) - B. Hess [x] *
This Spring (as usual I'm emerging from the secret corners, the antique doorways) - B. Hess [x] *
When I am old (When I am old I will be very nasty. I will lean out my attic window, my hair all cobwebs) - B. Hess [x] *
When I am old I will be very nasty. I will lean out my attic window, my hair all cobwebs [x] *
B. Hess: When I am old

Whenever, like Ophelia, I'm in jeopardy, I dream I am she in time's aspic [x] *
B. Hess: Ophelia