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Parting
after Hugo Ball
don’t go is what I want you to tell me
the rainless wind from the south
will make me long for you
tell me these are beautiful days
to have you here to look at your mouth
and to listen
don’t go
tell me life pleases you
tell my voice to go on and on
tell me you will be happy and of good cheer
even when I am gone
tell me I’m stupid
a child or feathers and a small brain
held in your hand
then tell me I know my way back to you
even at night
even in the rain
that hides the stars from my sight
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Anselm Hollo was born on 12 April 1934 in Helsinki, Finland. He died at age 78 on 29 January 2013 in Boulder, Colorado. For more information, click here.
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Jani Hanninen (Finland), p. b. serie, acrylic on canvas, 2016.