i.
one can write
must
write
in a vacuum
but read, no.
many have this backward.
ii.
the winners
of new
essential
fiction.com
win
what is still
a bible.
iii.
the marks on my daughter’s pencil…
oh, thinking
is a pain. I am thinking
of biting
her ears
when I am given
a branch.
iv.
be afraid.
the most horrible fish
has yet
to walk
from the ocean.
v.
time was here
when I arrived
but hadn’t
eaten
vi.
once okay
the soul was
with being
a copy
vii.
in heyday
of health
the infant
weighs
as much
as a bag
of ice.
here, a bath is drawn
for the burned
in effigy.
viii.
mother & father
if you want to help
there are two
images
left
ix.
on the playbill
I recognize
virginity
as the inheritance
of Jesus
x.
let me believe I can crush my shadow.
Feb 15, 2014
Feb 15, 2014 at 3:56 PM UTC
i.
one can write
must
write
in a vacuum
but read, no.
many have this backward.
ii.
the winners
of new
essential
fiction.com
win
what is still
a bible.
iii.
the marks on my daughter’s pencil…
oh, thinking
is a pain. I am thinking
of biting
her ears
when I am given
a branch.
iv.
be afraid.
the most horrible fish
has yet
to walk
from the ocean.
v.
time was here
when I arrived
but hadn’t
eaten
vi.
once okay
the soul was
with being
a copy
vii.
in heyday
of health
the infant
weighs
as much
as a bag
of ice.
here, a bath is drawn
for the burned
in effigy.
viii.
mother & father
if you want to help
there are two
images
left
ix.
on the playbill
I recognize
virginity
as the inheritance
of Jesus
x.
let me believe I can crush my shadow.
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