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February 1, 2024 / barton smock

nearness machine

for Mark Lanegan

Ohio is prose
bruised
roadkill
and Ohio
is the tugged-at

insides
of a videocassette
and Ohio
has one
good wrist
and one
blood-shy
nose

And there are lakes
in Ohio
that dream
their fish
and the fish
still die

But it's okay, dream
dream it's

okay

Don't
provoke
longing

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