January 23, 2017 / barton smock

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some poems, recent:

[shrine]

amateur night
in the electric
chair, a bundle
of almost nothing
rocked awake
by a mime

[circa (viii)]

a collarless dog fetching a grounded kite

trauma’s original boredom

the search parties
wind and blood

[circa (ix)]

at a therapy session
for those
unable
to dream
I am handcuffed
to my mother
whose imaginary
lover
has lice

a baby born with a wig
rattles on
about sleep

death’s eyepatch

[head-kisser]

a runway model
in a cornfield

/ the stone a short film on snowfall

[radio]

sing they

god
can I get
your suitcase

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