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A May 2014
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water cascades down
over crests and valleys
of an emaciated sternum
streams conjoined with tributaries of tears
diffusing and diluting

catharsis denied

slide of wood
rattle of curtain
escape of steam

i sit
you kneel

bare, naked, exposed
carrion of reality
defeated

— The End —