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j ashtrae – rainy day
HAUNTED
two mildly gross glasses
I brought in on a walk home that I recycle
since they’re chipped
putting everything down
to see not even myself
care about my corner of the world
or tv’s BODY ISSUES
SUDDENLY DRIVING
at first seeing all that history
as the glow dampens in the artery
between heart and ear that must be there
the past rising and falling
our rivals
our abandon
hope for the military
for semis
tireless hope
SUDDENLY DRIVING
with arrowroot and juniper berry
that pools under the rails
public shuffling is water enough to move through misery
the path I took to lose
the trouble I made to separate dominions after sleep
even the rocks plainly describe neighboring
AT NIGHT
I see your backyard when you’re gone
through Argentine- and China-made waterworks
which emboss unilateral need
for poverty and luxury
one couple’s thrills
is another’s leftovers