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Friday, January 31, 2020

Against Huysmans

A book of poems is but one  
however-real-it-seems  
beautified distortion of what's happening  
and what’s to be.

A pretty face 
emerges from the sliver of a moon. 
Another rises like a shell from shore.

Election, blastoma, perfection, piranha. 
Hypergiants of the Tarantula nebula!

Look around before it surrounds you.
Love before you start to age. 
Pray before you cease to be.  
Truth will rise/a leaf will fall.

A praying mantis on the edge  
of a crisp red book.

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