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foxtrot
i am vacuuming to prepare for a date, in case she wants to come back here, but i am thinking of a girl 3,000 miles away who i will see in NY this week. and i push the vacuum forward against the nap, it makes lawnmower lines and i think of the plans she and…
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up here
angles of light mixing with shadows on the roof, the wicker endtable filled with water from rain, when was that rain? the plastic adirondack chairs from my ex, tanning in the sun beside the generator which cozies up to the Dewars bottle half-filled with a hundred tombstones… the sun bouncing off the screen onto the…
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lunch break
the haze of the medication. the empty bathroom. the cold tile against my face. the bowl like a swan standing up tall. my heavy eyelids. the space underneath the stall. i look for feet. seeing none, i give in to the haze.