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(----)(-) / church of intermission. church of the rolled-away church my fever follows. church of it ain’t a baby until it spits. church of the lawnmower left running. of the space you give the grieving horse. church of you when you die in my sleep. of musical suicides. church of the disinfected high chair. of the false bruise. of how to become a balloon in the church of touch. / (-)

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Apr 9, 2016

(---)a palm reader / with mouths / to feed

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Oct 22, 2015

(---)my wordless / my disabled / he was licked

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Oct 21, 2015

(---)licking its wounds it is still an animal. / what does it mourn? / the lack reach of my tongue?

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Oct 16, 2015

(--)(-) / the robot is a ****** / the baby

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Apr 1, 2016

(-)she checks her teeth in the door glass of the oven. / the egg is dropped / and the owl

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Apr 12, 2016

(-)/ had this hairbrush could halt hearing loss in hallucinations. this theory that eve was adam’s mother and that god was born in eden for refusing to study virgins. she had her facts straight and a dog would tell my son otherwise. a way of coaxing both ****** and suicide to breastfeed death. this bird that would go / like a showerhead / south. a goldfish, a brainless calf…

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May 29, 2016

(-)praise headgear, worship eyewear. / adore nostalgia, forgive / memorial’s

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Apr 14, 2016

(-)when grief / was password / and not

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Apr 15, 2016

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