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a foreigner lamp lightingfistfulls of tsampa, butter lamps, / kneeling till my legs are cramped / and feeling less than human here,
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Apr 4, 2012
alien, alienan earth spilled you soft / onto meadows of grass / and arms lifted you up
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Jan 26, 2012
Anachramoratalover, I fear the future. / I fear you, a century behind me / I fear the lights that appear
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Nov 25, 2011
and the earth is hot and blindI feel it now, a separate sense / from the hander-down of names: / A poet’s soul, a half, a whole;
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Nov 25, 2011
ApsisI make a jest of your many dimensions / curving our time / and its massive indentions
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Dec 11, 2011
a very narrow human interval between two tiger heartbeatsI felt with one hand in your depths-- / *fathomless!*--for an emblem, an anthem! / No other time but then
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Dec 11, 2011
baby brilliant futurewhen your arms are around my waist / when I make coffee in the kitchen / it traces a delicate line around the present.
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Mar 14, 2013
dal nienteshe’s only got one arm, but that doesn’t stop her / from playing the piano Tuesdays; / clever girl, she’s got a rig,
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Jan 26, 2012
darkling hushi slept in the heart of the swallow’s breast / in the tire-swing marina / “who do you love best?”
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Dec 6, 2011
dental recordsI used to keep my baby teeth in a butterscotch tin. / I guess I was making an investment / in tooth-fairy stock; trying to diversify my easter bunny portfolio.
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Mar 14, 2013
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