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Barton D Smock
Poems
Jul 2012
child lore
i.
one helpless, one permissive
I made quickly
equal cuts
in the newborn-
deep that they’d honor
my witness.
ii.
to pre-empt déjà vu
I tailored the newborn’s gown
to the debt of its body
with such fabric
I could not afford.
iii.
that it could sound check
the echo
I named it child.
iv.
renamed it whistle
for how the wind
picks up
forgetting.
Written by
Barton D Smock
48/M/Columbus, Ohio
(48/M/Columbus, Ohio)
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