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Canaan (part one)

Seth sat on his bed and surveyed the four walls that separated him from the rest of his family. They were partially covered in a dark blue paper that had been scratched and eaten away by little animals and the … Continue reading

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Ruin and Re-begetting (pastiche)

I stood in the rain, far from home and wavering between the profit and the loss.I could not pick the arrows from my side. The hours rose up, putting off stars. It was dawn.Am I drunk or dead? The sun … Continue reading

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Manna, my man (pastiche)

To your eyes, ears, and tongue, and every partmy love must go; my body too.All the time,not only when we go to bed. What is this life?all its accumulations that wear us out.Clocks, cars, conciousness, and shoesin which there is … Continue reading

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Summer

At my grandmother’s house, the slices were always too big. I covered mine with salt and filled my mouth with large bites. If we got seeds in our mouths we tried to spit them across the table at one another. … Continue reading

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Between the desire and the spasm (pastiche)

I murmur something inarticulate,kissing her goodnight in bed. We rummagepast civilizations, digging furtherback into ourselves. She smells like trees.Often, it is a good idea to discusshomosexuality generally.Droplets of water stand on our shoulderslike tears. “Push it in, are you going … Continue reading

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Sensations

You are standing outside with a stony figure as I come to the house from the rain. My feet are soggy. It is warm inside. You are “so drunk that I wouldn’t even know.” You hug me and lead me … Continue reading

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