Taking Place Comments

Once we liked the conspicuous
but constrained,

the push-up bra
under the shirt-waist,

a small bow
at the throat,

the appearance
of a struggle

toward the diminutive,
the punctum.



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The slender
second hand

jerking forward
as if helpless,

making its same sound.


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We might stand
in a thicket

where a battle had
taken place

and be thrilled
by the far-off roar

of traffic
...
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