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  • The Summer House

    I let the envelope fall to the floor unopened,

  • The Unmet Lover

    Once I saw you in a freight elevator

  • AFTER THUNDERSTORMS IN OKLAHOMA

    The sky becomes sickly,

  • A Nun to be Named

    I’ve been thinking about the nun who wouldn’t let me pee in fifth grade.

  • [The Porcupine Left Its Hovel]

    The porcupine left its hovel

  • For Night to Fall

    You could tell from the start that the best

  • The House

    With stained red awnings

  • Gusto

    Skin the asparagus for their lives,

  • from The Violet Blood of the Amethyst

    An exceptionally unhappy heart.

  • Alone at 77 & I Arrive at the Scene

    Unhungry, he cracks a single egg.

  • You Have to Lead the Sheep

    A dream struck a dream

  • From Inches Away

    From inches away his finger can’t miss