Scatterbrained

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Poems 2010

She could have created their philosophies
yet she canceled the news
and circumcised herself for his pleasure
until the link failed to load
and the child went under yet another knife.
Everyone knew she ran,
but the rats watched
and recognized a kindred soul.
Clumps of hare wove into nests,
eyes became marbles,
and, scatterbrained,
she fell
but could not remember how to stand

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