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Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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And he is flying through the mountains<br />

of New Guinea, the first to land on<br />

airstrips in the highlands. Like<br />

landing on a field of pumpkins,<br />

he said. Or riding out a blown tyre<br />

on the coral airstrip of Horn Island.<br />

The epitaph is ready, written for both.<br />

My mother, the whistler who<br />

dreamed of flight, who collected birds.<br />

My father, the pilot. The one she met<br />

at the Bachelors and Spinsters Ball.<br />

He circled the paddock at Tumbarrumba<br />

three times. This landing a cinch.<br />

His Tiger Moth would become<br />

well known on the western slopes<br />

of New South Wales.<br />

May their spirits soar.<br />

o<br />

In Mammalapuram I purchase a Ladakhi<br />

thanka from a young Kashmiri man.<br />

We drink mint tea, and Sakhi is<br />

haggling the price. In business

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