I often cling too longingly
during hugs,
hold that hand one awkward
(beat)
too
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There's a body in the blueberries.
Inside the hedge
from where the bees emerge
and
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You come to my class at night
Thirsty
You want to learn English
Pass the GED
Find a bette
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in the stream behind
your house we absconded
with one, he pinched
at my cupped palms
as we
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When you were two, we snapped this photo on the island. Back
when your hair tickled your shoulders
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In the country of your birth,
you learn to call redeemer,
to call magician, to call the
code
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In the glow of this
neon mountain,
framing her face
like a fluorescent halo
from behind
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It's hot today. I'm glad they built no tent
though men will come just to watch women now.
This
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They serve
Pit-cooked pork
Says the sign
Beneath the mossy oaks
Of Alligator Swamp,
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Down in the belly of the welfare state.
Human shit, on the DART station floor.
The second in
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"And so it turned out that only a life similar to the life of those around us, merging with it ... [+]
After school my brother slinks
into the blue shade of the pines.
Every year it seems, he
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I wedge myself between the Hondas,
Giving up my place to him,
Moving slowly and with help.
Pant
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you say
"rabbit rabbit"—
it's the first day
of the month I was born in,
and I kiss
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