she stows away
toenail clippings and belly-button
lint, ear wax from ex-lovers she�s

groomed and he cinches up
the last shower drop
from her curly hair � the single

grass blade from the concrete
wrapping Arlo�s last arpeggio
the priest on the corner bags

saliva and salt, perfect lashes
swinging out
the night nurse treasures rock

roses and wet sonnets
kitchens and campfires
blue blues and long-time

annoyances are filed
by the couple in the cape
white oxygen and promises

the queen braying, her flowering
somersaults skirt-side up
the pinch pots of potters

a racing sneeze (any nose tickled
long enough) wind up
in the pouch of the possum



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