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from Remedies

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The bitters muddled
into suspect sugar time.
The awning knuckle-rolled.

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I stand in understudy
alongside the gods
useless like a riding boot is tall.
My buckles brass-cast into cauldron.

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Dreaming of lobsters,
their claws protect me.

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Today no longer exists.
I drink not a drop of it.
The mosquito netting
a white lantern,
my mouth a whiskey tomb.

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Inward desire versus
outward spectacle.

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Duchamp's signature
on cardstock-
a forest with no valley.

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I wake up, covered in ant bites,
bathing suit still wet from my swim.
The re-routing of rivers.

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The wolf's leash longer than you think.