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lac[e]y.

lac[e]y.

By P. Inman b. 1947 P. Inman

for Tom Raworth

                 a.    taupe. wald.

             less.    commas.
             into.    gelatin.

                           *

           “let’s.    call.
          this.”   
               my.    age.
       leaning.    into.
           some.    dream.

                           *

              the.    further. he.
        moves.    away.
              the.    more. surfaces.
              the.    longer.
            they.    end.
                as.    her. midst.

                           *

               my.    nose.
                 of.    all.
     recourse.    
      (shaped.   
       trouble.    upon.
                    .    siecle.)

              my.    polk. m’edge.



P. Inman, "reception. theory." from at. least.. Copyright © 1999 by P. Inman.  Reprinted by permission of Krupskaya.

Source: at. least.. (Krupskaya, 1999)

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Poet P. Inman b. 1947

POET’S REGION U.S., Mid-Atlantic

SCHOOL / PERIOD Language Poetry

Subjects Arts & Sciences, Language & Linguistics

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