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The one thing I believe in is collapse./
Abandoned buildings collapse. Civilizations//
collapse. Financial bubbles collapse./
Stars and galaxies collapse. Falling//
is something that comes quite naturally/
to puffed up things.
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Even at five years old, I could tell that Eloise was haunted by ghosts that shook her core, leaving her dangling and seeking stability in slowly repeating her compulsive routines.
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I am not the wind./
I am a stone eroded by the wind
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...a session/
of hide and seek/
among the syllables.
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One can watch the grass green/
in response. One can watch the world green/
in response.
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Only scotch and cheap champagne/
retain their reliable flavors.
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Agamemnon and Menelaus were/
complete creeps. Achilles was//
a pompous piece of shit.
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Strauss does all the stirring at the start./
The rest is all murk and meander
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The Muse//has used/ me up
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Dread and drudgery sour each day
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The eyes, luminous and large-
each an infinite bright blue ocean
Wind ruffles feathers
My ego and vanity also/
encourage me not to wear a mask.
An aberration/
that general circumstances/
will remedy, and soon.
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served as it is/
among these friends.
The frayed filaments/
tickle my chin and irritate my nostrils,
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Waxing or waning? To know,/
one must pay attention nightly
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The physical presence of books-
many books on many subjects-
is a comfort and consolation
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