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[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I tremble with fear at the wrong number.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot document this.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]For one thing there's the magnetic [/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]repulsion of pens,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]always across the room,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]south to south,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]the exact ratio to short term memory,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]the exact canceling distance[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]and then I am too ashamed[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]to document this,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]ashamed of beauty its simpering[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]seduction and betrayal its alcoholic[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]power and cowardice its[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]irreality[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]ashamed of what cannot encompass[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]filth and violation - subsume[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]the inevitability of foul play the timeless rights[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]of rot and tragedy and mindless malice.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Subsume and be flawed and stay whole[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]strong and crippled.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the mouth, what what what[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the eyes, where where where[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the ears, how how how,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the house in the car in the closet outdoors[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Only the flaws speak real talk.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Everything else is mirror deep.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot dismiss this.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Sound and echo[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I keep falling for it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot document this.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]The paper is too strong, it burns my hand.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Malice in a jar sold to children.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Empty words richly ransomed[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]empty words such as these,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]unthinkable barrels of them,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]ruinous, vended, just like that,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]simple as candy, costly,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]oh, I can't get a purchase on this,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]it's all greasy with illusion,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]sour with bones,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]slippery with fools,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]bald as Samson, [/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]oh, I confess[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot document this.
~~~
(I wrote this in 1983 and have never shared it before, except at that time, when I read it aloud to a few people.)
[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I tremble with fear at the wrong number.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot document this.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]For one thing there's the magnetic [/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]repulsion of pens,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]always across the room,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]south to south,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]the exact ratio to short term memory,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]the exact canceling distance[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]and then I am too ashamed[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]to document this,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]ashamed of beauty its simpering[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]seduction and betrayal its alcoholic[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]power and cowardice its[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]irreality[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]ashamed of what cannot encompass[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]filth and violation - subsume[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]the inevitability of foul play the timeless rights[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]of rot and tragedy and mindless malice.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Subsume and be flawed and stay whole[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]strong and crippled.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the mouth, what what what[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the eyes, where where where[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the ears, how how how,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]In the house in the car in the closet outdoors[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Only the flaws speak real talk.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Everything else is mirror deep.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot dismiss this.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Sound and echo[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I keep falling for it.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot document this.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]The paper is too strong, it burns my hand.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Malice in a jar sold to children.[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]Empty words richly ransomed[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]empty words such as these,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]unthinkable barrels of them,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]ruinous, vended, just like that,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]simple as candy, costly,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]oh, I can't get a purchase on this,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]it's all greasy with illusion,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]sour with bones,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]slippery with fools,[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]bald as Samson, [/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]oh, I confess[/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, serif]I cannot document this.
~~~
(I wrote this in 1983 and have never shared it before, except at that time, when I read it aloud to a few people.)
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