from The Rest Is Censored
A 70s horror movie without the movie Am all about
the amulet the ocean bacteria the old moorings off the state
beach Deer sign the real possibility of hitting them and
gulls and pelicans cormorants and ducks possums
A possible possum rescue center! How the young survive
even if a car crushes their mother’s head if the bus does
they might
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The bus driver stops
the bus somewhere
that isn’t a stop gets out and gives
a sandwich to the woman managing
the coffee cart
“I love you” she says
This never happens again
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Not because of tacos de birria nauseous
again Send a box of old dresses In the mood to miss
you most at sunrise but I only feel cold
“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing”
and something about the limited life span of problems
The glory of distance too Today I want everyone naked
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Black Friday shopping death Any facetime
is better than happy happy
What to say
land of off
The potential to not die today
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Suitcases under the seat appear to contain a bag of potatoes
and a small fire extinguisher And a woman
with a big plush chicken stuffed animal chicken gets on
and when she gets off she nearly forgets the chicken
but doesn’t Says “Oh, mi pollo!” And next to
a woman “from Texas” where she says “people are clean
and polite” and “Mexicans are clean and polite” and “You look
like you are from Texas” No but say “Yes I am from Dallas”
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Nothing pressing
on any part against
any part
Threw up at the holidays
at real estate
at marriage at labor
Nothing
pressing on any part
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Interlude for arm and foot for rain A story
might code as an offering I mean
love constructed for love
Like a big rectangular building full of
internal orifices
or the parking lot surrounding it We’re looking
for our car We’re at IKEA
or IHOP
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Unmoved by the nearly destroyed
golf tent Someone’s saying
how bad it is
Thinking of a man
in a coat maybe the coat of a football team
fan and jeans with months of unwashed
wear And the woman with the plush
chicken who almost forgets it again
but she doesn’t She doesn’t forget the chicken!
Rehearse “Señora usted olvidó su pollo”
just in case for the next time
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How keeping an object long enough makes it real