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Sep 04, 2005 16:04

these threads are breaking open the corners of my mouth, red strings reeled inside by some collection of spools and trundles, some loom of tense threads, each word rolling off your tongue, interlocking fibers fastened as the shuttle makes them too much a part, plys and warps and there are too many needles, too many pins holding me in place, without ( Read more... )

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[This is what's been done to flesh] bruisedlikeyou November 5 2005, 18:14:13 UTC
This is what's been done to flesh

the quill and the book and the

indescretion of stone upon which

a little drop of gold does fall,

the cry of a pigeon or moan

of the folded over father, and

beneath these drape'd mysteries

the wine does spill upon the dog

the dog does sit in the corner

curing itself of this indifference

and the bar of light does illuminate

such dust as has been brought

into upheaval with only your

untidy waking -- the covers under

your chin:

pull

-joshua beckman

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