Tag: dead
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Last Person to Know Her Name
1. A stranger in a blue wig rolled on the floor, Her eyes rolled too Until sclera hues matched wall paint Matched Styrofoam. Loose change Founds its marks along the carpet. Police entered and embedded dead Presidents In the fabric. “What’s her name?” Reasons to name corpses. Soft kicks to hips. Officer knelt for prayer […]
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stories from yesterday
Permanent Capital I Is debt. Earthworms As brass hooks Get it? Brass hooks As earthworms In the Dirt. Trash-can has a name Structured phonically By what’s inside. Broken glass bottles share The mirror’s aspirations. First Among Equals, is the impression Of others. Counterpart to Permanence, designed to Expire After permanence disappears. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Poet sat at […]