>king-sized bed, question of comfort,that kind of thing is no concern _____ lists are metaphors for real conversationnon-random variables conjured in presencecuriosity, hopeful connections /…

>footsteps, at. my. back.creaking door ringing pinginginto the hallway, onto convenience tip plucking keyssmooththen suddenStop warm buzz wait belowi follow it, head first.

>still no shoes, nor the virtue of shoes,same piercing gravel road, neitherthe purse to spy a map nor compassbut how i’ve bumped this great vacant…

>something so lite so overwhelmingthe risethe sadsand, sinking alldog barks, a remindersome live for questions and somelove livid reality, lapping at the marrow. what a…

>Punctured plane window,A variant of any death,The numbers fall away: Now, in fear, she is equalizedSound erased ­– In sloppy strokes,a child rubs the butt…

>It’s so easy to miss the off ramp,drumming up the wheeland screaming raw your lungs.

> down victorvictor drownblack townscare kidscreeping aroundblackout lightride it outdrown victorblack townunderwaterunderwaterunderwatereyeless visionno never not notno not never nevervictimless revisionblack towndown victordrown town

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> what’s the poisondegradation, the failing of language — more &sore swallowing feels the same —the radiating nervousness,from the bone out, aboutto vomit, to convulse,in…