BURNINGS

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church

entering the body after a stroke

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milk

my shadow made of grass

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cow

dumbly regarding another’s art

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radio

grandpa cursing outside
then inside
the barn

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crow

we don’t use the crow

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owl

pillow for which the night has long been looking

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yawn

moaning
into mother
my father’s

swimmer’s
ear

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high-dive

or a very private room

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***

two
as if they fear
a third

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suicide

might I record
this moment?

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divination

found alone in a ******* *******

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angels

mystique
that surrounds
a small town
search party

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blood

******* from the reader of my palm

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drone

I don’t believe
in being
attacked

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chthonic

a prayer asking god to brush your teeth