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from Dust and Other Things
Poised; a photo is just a segment of the whole
Contain a beach; a shoreline without the scent
Still dark shell reference some other
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Don't look at me while I'm thinking
race through saturated thicket,
I see rabbits fading / if what appears
to be, is a crumble, a loosening,
go: an crumble and loosening. Proceed,
the word stop.
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Softness / enough tangled a text to
exclude; there is a difference between a drawstring
and and and loose thread : dropped book
When the voice said "that is cold," another exclaimed
an exclamation. "It's meant to be."
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Gradual and yellow fade. It usually grows.
Out of margins indention still an experience
allow a continue to browse. Unsure,
without yellow we say stone. Eventually then igloo.
Absence of stone we say rib. Eventually.
"We hold rib ends. They break."
"On days we listen a glue. A break.
The color when it dries."
Not quite mustard two ends faking.
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Premium reduced to wonder:
a bulb minus light. It still shakes. If
what happened was dependent
on particles--
meaning if you had lost luminosity
find a fragrance for sense
or push an apple into the socket
until light comes again
Background music dims,
is reflected in rooms.
Aside tension, words, shade. It is
anywhere gone, seen.
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Emily Jern-Miller loves vintage Pyrex dishware, buttons, donuts, and collaborative poems. She is currently pursuing her MFA at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in elimae, Prick of the Spindle, and Arsenic Lobster.
Junior Clemons received a BA in Creative Writing from Pitzer College. He is currently pursuing his MFA at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. He spends his free time listening to records, eating pizza, and missing Southern California. |
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