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yes the kitchen is dirty but the light is clean

where the floor tiles
are crudely fitted around the stove:
an earring.
today is may 6th 2001
2am
from here
through an open door
i can hear you sleeping
i'm wearing your turquoise and blue
bracelet
i didn't think often of you
yesterday
i haven't seen you today:
we've been in different towns
obeying.
now reflecting no light
lying in dripped grease
and shadow
near spilled peelings:
falling circles of silver
linked.
later i'll place it
on this polished wood
holding your earring by the hook
that enters your flesh
i'll place it on this table.
Female face


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