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Breathing
Exercises
By Bronte Heron
A series of lines appear
in sequence
between two figures
arranging the breath
as risk:
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uncovered / uncovered
uncovered / covered
covered / covered
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They are facing each other
in an enclosed space,
a supermarket or a train.
Their breath reflects
off the surfaces they use
to contain their individual bodies.
It takes on the colours of alert:
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yellow, if they are far apart;
red, if they are close.
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It moves quickly
because they are afraid
their safety will be breached.
The lines are aimed like arrows
towards their weaknesses
and are released
with every expiration.
Bronte is a poet and library assistant currently living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa.
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