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knot meat the phone rang, not once,
a monolithic calling
but three times, seven times
tomorrow's infant bawling.

he kissed her sleeping
above the brow
beyond the learning eyes

that held tight to
past memories
but still allowed surprise.

what armies marched towards him
within and without?
what blind like fire in him
would not heed her beseiged shouts?

what's known between
two lovers
in the bed's liminal hold

is a form that at points
bleeds into
the usual stories told

the regular distribution
of sorrows and delights
is hidden because it's close to us
because it seeks us with its sight.
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