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Crumpled Up

Shard have this emberrendered member of the body whoseurge surged swerve and shineocean opens shone hoursours toto sketch a shape of a flower againstinfinite information of the skydata mined eternal I in formation of aday to mind the steeple woresteep war mined the memoir of shorememe war fought on the internetwhere however there are intermentsfast parsing the rationing shoreendlessness warned between eachwounded party markedintersects insects in sects descendto spend the real their wingsbeginning that season’s gnawing groanof sex summer leaves shirring you canat these moments open your mouthimagine the San Francisco ChronicleMay 15, 1974 crumpled up sent forthfirst paper to read then discardedreleased found by Lenka one of anendless piece of information metfor a moment given to Philip recitedreceived resited reseeded recedesgiven to Kazim passed through the citythe situation an ovation orationoblation ablation show me what youpray for and eat save now in this flesharchive what ought not be lost makerof most light tossed sun rise up fromRodeo Beach leaf me be reft left allthose bunkers in the hills their doorsrusted shut by metal or paper orhuman touch weather concrete metalpaper or flesh we mark time on this earth

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