for E.B.
couch, cats
collecting words
putting them in the best order
Rejection: doctor’s office, or
nail polish
big sunglasses, sometimes
filtered, sometimes knot
Rejection: grading papers, or
steaming cups of __________
leftist gnomes
Georgia countryside
Rejection: this rebellious body, or
1 white
1 black
:thousand-mile stares, the both of them
Rejection: your advances, or
driver’s seat, side mirror
cold beach
walking, sitting, writing
Rejection: a dull life, or
desk menagerie
selfie, inscrutable
or maybe not
Rejection: the unexamined self, or
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2 March 2014
Oak Street