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this face
for Bryan Coffelt
this face
of falling white
neutralizes your face
next—eat coffee beans
off a shoestring
across the Gaza Strip
the itch of band-aids
being pulled
asserts itself clean
& the atomic weight
of this pavement
is a complete protein
*
this face
must motion itself
its hurt green precedent
following our demise—meet gray
to a fundamental metal
in kind & made contextual
we spread our mouths
to preen our weakness
the mettle of indifference spreading
turn to ugly cars
make fresh paint to them
& kiss my eyes—they sleep
*
this face
the lost pieces
are forgettable malleable facts
everything that can sing
mates against the rocks
that swooning grass to our
last careening run
a new heart pumps blood
& we are doctors too
for not acknowledging sleep
Posted 11/01/10
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