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rendezvous: sincerely, (please insert your dna sequence here) so named
i’m coming aware of the whole, what
that all parts
belong & so does water
coaxed forth
that’s what i
wanted to say/tell you
the animals
the animals
relieve me of
surety
seriousness
sure, everywhere
is where you are, who you are
everywhere
in sun & blue & there are pairs
around you
about you
where you &
are. to this be
true
an arcflow & you flew away
with my green
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rendezvous: & we sunk the singer
to sleep in a
row
boat dividing
the pines. to sleep a
shiver, joint in
joins. to sleep as the
nerve first grieves &
shrinks to
light. to sleep
as a highdiver
his falling
kite. to sleep as this
shovel
bites & comes near
earth. to sleep as
a satellite
holds fast to its
perch.
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rendezvous: i kept the water, a sun without
blinking
of course, it
costs me
the sun had
a name &
naming
the word for song
& a night of thresh
ing & verbs made a
flock of hearing
a word for nothing
can be seen
does that make you
any less make me
plenty/ful
weeping
belief is torn
relief to a thorn
to a bird
to a radio
put on
an arm &
then
an arm
the stars
stare
the boat
stares
you gathered
the living while
i gathered the
thread
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Todd Melicker daily wanders the streets of Petaluma, Ca, gathering data as a GPS technician. Author of the chapbooks, day collects (Woodland Editions) and the immaculate autopsy (Achiote Press), he is currently managing editor of VOLT. His project rendezvous: contains, and owes a great debt to, the words and lines of Vincent van Gogh and T.M. Baird.
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