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Oct 2018
String the teeth from face onto necklace,
  for it's the last time it'll be of concern.
Backlash into a hot headed toss of the formerly important,
tokens of remembrance now, stiffly, cardboard, laid.
Untouched and unwarranted.
As the nails are pushed to the cheek,
      into the gums,
             the smile is cranked upward into place.
Pliers tasting of metallic tainted rust dig deeper into the jaw.
  Exudate flowing by the gallon.
Visage contorted to be only picturesque,
   for how dare the front line not be delighted by a delirious stag
Merriam Ellsworth
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Merriam Ellsworth  23/Neither/New Jersey
(23/Neither/New Jersey)   
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