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May 25, 2016 / barton smock

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poems, from:

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[wheelhouse vision]

the animals
out of earshot
come back
as phones.

you have a son
who like your father
holds a mirror
up

to some
nobody’s

paranoia, a daughter

who steps on crickets
as part
of god’s plan.

the wax baby
isn’t my thing
but appetite
is.

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[acolyte vision]

the spider has seven legs no longer in the raccoon’s ear

god is from another planet

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[outburst]

the abuse
continued
it was almost
slapstick

he looked
at a plate

clean, hell’s radar

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[rescue]

sister
she yanked
her finger
from the dream
of a dollhouse
telescope
and went on
to preach

(Cain is a girl’s name)

death
it wants
your son
it wants
the patience
violence
has

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[circles]

for Kazim Ali

two sons
share a pencil
then trade
ghost plate
for alien
stomach

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