LET

The familiar--
listed by taxonomy, quick prayer

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Dove's dead children
Her "breasts" squeezed up onto the weights

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greater firmness i begged the scared dog
when at the same moment

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These are our very high times
"I" (and the multiples of "I")

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Libel/Xerox abuse
through water __ loved the wings of the cave
no one's signature required


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Prayer: I'd kneel (I would)
the willows didn't flow over my backside
my eyes blew to the size of calendars
but the pantry wasn't just a shadow
my teeth, all my lungs and life
were like a flag

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They/followed
You were swimming with a signal for a face
(X rushing backwards)
but nice inside, the rain, the Rolling Stones (don't mind the maggots)

these people are possible

I turn off my phone:
one street lamp more and I can find my way past another