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The right boy will approach the dampness of a forest with a sling, a modest twining wreath for the bodies of birds. A liquid eye.
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They are made of pounded corn and a grandmother’s throat.
The right boy will approach the dampness of a forest with a sling, a modest twining wreath for the bodies of birds. A liquid eye.
When ruffed...
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By Diane Seuss
To the hell
level where they kept
the clown
costumes?
Or puppet room
Bible school
where the bad
girl had
to …
level where they kept
the clown
costumes?
Or puppet room
Bible school
where the bad
girl had
to …
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An indefinite walk through a long
icy underpass, a bus
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