Phoenicians recognize three palmetto properties casting
quality or timbre of a vowel sound.
These are 'cerebrals' where the tongue is rolled back a bit.
These are ghost deer, transparent white in twilight,
heart-stopping with unicorn steps
through slatted shafts of forest-floor dusk.
The bud opens bursting from position of lips (whether they are
Your tongue probes –
– the highly sensitive wound from which
the vowel is swooned.
Chauvet Cave.
Champagne : on ne le boit pas, on le sable. Je-ne-sais-quoi
sherpa of orange blossom,
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