Living in the earth-deposits of our history br br Today a backhoe divulged out of a crumbling flank of earth br one bottle amber perfect a hundred-year-old br cure for fever or melancholy a tonic br for living on this earth in the winters of this climate. br br Today I was reading about Marie Curie: br she must have known she suffered from radiation sickness br her body bombarded for years by the element br she had purified br It seems she denied to the end br the source of the cataracts on her eyes br the cracked and suppurating skin of her finger-ends br till she could no longer hold a test-tube or a pencil br br She died a famous woman denying br her wounds br denying br her wounds came from the same source as her power.