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what a way to go
siloed high up
like he was

In most of my memories of my father from childhood, he is moving.

To think of you
is to have the sense that I will never be seen
by anyone who has language
again.

To withdraw like a fly or amuse oneself / like a submarine in a fjord misnamed a canal.

The world warms up, the prairifire crabapple trees begin to drop their blossoms in almost technicolor puddles on the sidewalks in my neighborhood and, as if in concert, the base of my neck gets heavy and sore.

Light a candle. Open a door
Too small to walk through.

One of the habits I have developed without meaning to, without wanting to, is this: I routinely lower the volume on my heart.

We were our ugliest at that point,

Pale and flaccid under greasy coats.

Out in the rapids guys in waders brace themselves stiffly all business.

I feel like faith makes me bulletproof.