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Passing on Songs
I found my parents singing / one is dead, the other sinking / into the lightless loam / I didn’t know either of them / knew a single song / “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” as an anthem / eyes closed, fingers nearly touching / facing a white brick wall, bellowing / the sound…
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All That is the End
to age is worse than dying / feeling the body shrunk-fit to coffin-size / as many moans as words / severing sentences / or not enough will to draw the line / to an end / dogs pity the decline / jaw on lap / knowing the end is already sinking inside / some can…
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Nag Hammadi Cul-de-Sac
soon after the death / christians did not recognize one another / a cave is quiet enough for prayer / marry away from the world / every finger given to wedlock / the ghost throws confetti / its toast is a whisper / nonreturnable gift fills the table / first and last thing on the…
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River Bends
there is no forgetting / except plastics in the box / contemplation born out of / an indifferent environment / to be everywhere is intolerable / I make something here / the other from the other / there is no not setting the tree on fire / except for the odd poet / the lie…
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Bit Part
feel up / through the veil / of blue haze / holding our feet / below our heads / make a case for weakening / the bonds strapping this body / into 1 form/ maybe several megatons at lunch / to dissolve the deli meat / cradling the stomach / bring me back to a…