under

Under

around

beside

not some mythogram

but the memory of a real person
hurting me

still

though evasive

invasive


treezz cutting cuttings in the grass
rhinestone death of

necklaces







on the subway traffic flicker cuts names Mouths

you will hear a certain voice Manhatta, Paris, London, Montreal, Rome





under the cope of suns and cities the carrying on

of things
which wear their names

across the silver of the sky
and its pediments

no pretense


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Folds of previous verse strata. the persona of the 'poet' and the persona
of the man ~