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from Even the Trees Yawn |
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I WANT SO MUCH OF THIS TO BE ABOUT IMPROVEMENT |
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i used to think the center of things was ruled by what you were doing there's just too much water outside & reckoning is a big part of this dagger- mouthed scene you cannot look when you say fuck this in the knee-deep at the center of the field we are four steps away from a new affair—i'm being figurative here—adjust your dress the light looks just right when you stand |
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like that the excitement becomes the boring part of our friday this is not because no one was listening i was listening & if i was listening all the ducks will have their day & maybe we can end a conversation without a shouting match don't worry i'm taking the blame there isn't room for you ok ok everyone will say we can still change—crawl into bed when it gets |
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cold & unleash the things you've been holding christ even the dog knows you've got something to unleash that's not good enough the silence is not like the mouth of the cave the silence isn't really silence because of all the rain there's something happening but its glacial i'm not talking about the flood you haven't spoken in an hour & all this rain is |
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i think i'll go with you on this one. the dazzle of one of these dakota starlight at a rest stop & no sign of changing weather there isn't an answering machine for miles but there is a box of tapes in the attic is that water on the carpet or oil? what is the black on your sleeve? you did not know them but the town lost their shit there is a baby sleeping & yourmother is on the phone fill this space because emptiness is silence & silence aches meaning into the shape born today |
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JOSHUA YOUNG is the author of four collections, most recently THE HOLY GHOST PEOPLE (Plays Inverse Press, 2014) and the chapbook SEDRO-WOOLLEY DAYS: A DAMIEN JURADO MIXTAPE (Midnight City Press, 2015). He is Editor-in-Chief at The Lettered Streets Press and works at the University of Chicago. in issue twenty-four |
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