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November 21, 2022 / barton smock

aparture xvi

We buy mirrors instead of art.

The wasps 
scrape and gather
here

then drag themselves to a higher emptiness 

when I hold
the baby.

Men lose first
a button
second a broom
then love
a dog.

Everyone outside is sick.

A paper cut 
sets fire 
to a ghost.

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