b o b    m a r c a c c i

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                  what sound in slow
                      night
                arrests us
             what flaw of operation
which electronminimal switch
 stalls in this still session

     flip pages of the dumb
       book
   filter static and feel more
     featured
                   enough
       between us
         surge forward
                  certainly

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wait for the doctor
body          this worn out mass
with failure          fraud
a minor god          complex
ambivalent on dull floral
upholstery          air circulates
around the mass          wall
now appears dirty          arm hair
quivers delicately in waiting room
atmosphere          near
strangers          we think
we love each other

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in this language
         which lists endlessly
   why
  assume we are a
                            part
              we must together
			  
                            i look for your trace
          among mathematic me and free
                                           associate
                       the equation may be
                                   maybe
                 too personal          i take you

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BOB MARCACCI is an instructor with Qatar Foundation's Academic Bridge Program at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Education City. He lives in Doha, Qatar with his wife and son. He has also taught English in the United States, China, Italy, and Japan, and his poetry has appeared in numerous online and print publications around the world. Aside from publishing his own e-books, which can be downloaded at http://marcacci.blogspot.com, Bob has had chapbooks published by BlazeVOX, Dusie, Plan B Press, and Unlikely 2.0.

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