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February 8, 2016 / barton smock

zone

for Franz Wright, late

~

the hand
I don’t wash
has never
been touched.

is the last
woman
on earth
pregnant?

the children are burning
yet

my son
is not enough
to fill
your nose.

I saw god
he was crawling
away
from a clean
diaper. it would be my only regret

to miss
the encore
of death.

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