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CATTLE CHUTE
launched into incarceration
the dealer plays the womb
a new beggar gestates
coalescence weaves the mortal wreath
then kicked awake
to the preachers wail
bending prophesy to fit the ear
plasticine matrix
the cast is set
innocent eyes, thick as wood
place first steps upon the range
sentence obscure
lockdown
under cultures taste
round round circles
wear mind thin, numb
with why?
Choiceless
laden limbs form
losses bemoaned
as flies hover
the appeal granted
deliverance bearing
fraught expectations of the last mile
pearly gates open
cattle chute appears
the dealer plays the womb
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Esker
Mon, 2013-05-13 14:09
decimal
rain falling minute
widths
words accompany
the soft slush turn
of the bikes wheel
tumbling spokes
like poet yokes
I fill burden with meanings
shadows yardage
Taking this work with me
on my walk home today
turning it over and over
like footsteps away
and towards.............