we proceed
as in recess
of mourning
outward
of the brief
city-
longing is a pup, a kit, a word
the stupid have
for infant
ape-
we constellate
in godless silence
only to form
our tragic
figure’s
jawbone-
it may be
there’s no future
immune
to the draw
of evacuation-
but sway
beneath the high
empty
crib
Sep 29, 2014
Sep 29, 2014 at 11:15 PM UTC
we proceed
as in recess
of mourning
outward
of the brief
city-
longing is a pup, a kit, a word
the stupid have
for infant
ape-
we constellate
in godless silence
only to form
our tragic
figure’s
jawbone-
it may be
there’s no future
immune
to the draw
of evacuation-
but sway
beneath the high
empty
crib
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