~~~~~
animal masks on the floor of the ocean
mouse, teacup of the missing stork-
owl, lamb of night-
this was god. he was sad and everyone noticed.
~~~~~
deer ache
i.
my god a failed author who describes
the creature left in eden
to the creature
not
ii.
my…
iii.
a rocking horse taken by helicopter
~~~~~
design ache
how sick
was christ
we’ll never
know
but a bird
and a fish
dream
in halves
of outlasting
touch
(this ghost
that prays
for its jailer
the mime
~~~~~
tame ache
soap carvings
of birds
pulled mostly
from a son’s
thunderstorm…
here and there
a worm
wrapped around
a stone.
all imagery is the same.
if the food
is in your mouth
it’s too late.
~~~~~
scene ache
in Ohio, a father mows the lawn of a friend and swallows what he thinks is a bug and that night
as he wonders if the bug will ever be finished
kissing
its eggs
his children tell him
to drink
something hot, his children
who compare
rug burns
and wait
for their invisible toys
to believe
all at once
in god
~~~~~
film ache
at a certain height, nudity loses meaning
–
if bunk beds collapse in a museum made for emptiness, does Ohio
roll
from a crystal
ball
–
no hawk
is a wasp, but every
wasp…
–
I remember also when you called a tattoo
postage
for the afterlife
–
I see a tornado
and my teeth
turn yellow
~~~~~
too old to pray
one has
in Ohio
that crucial
dream
the wasp and the footprint
~~~~~
kingsoftrain 
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