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Three

Samuel Ace

His letters were not loss

JUNE 10th 6:42 A.M.

 

His letters were not loss or no less lucid
and corrupt no more than trails of dust
his livid torso a creature cultish and
furious

 

There was one             there was one
who reached                who fed
into my zipper             on choking
one who yellowed       there was one
at the root                    who smelled
there was one              of dirt one
who grabbed               who read
my boyish neck           like a prairie

.

Well enough the interpush

JANUARY 9th 6:01 A.M.

 

Well enough the interpush the putty
ass enough the hot tub itch the
bearded farts enough the caution the
concrete crack the poop on the rug
I’ve been singing flames my spirit dog
the tao of days

The putty ass               the trip
the very tragic             the red-haired
tub of gore slink          the frown
a wiser beard               the bitter eyes
the longer                     list the lip
would itch                    and cheek
the treason                   I owe him
perilously close           nothing
to volunteer                 I owe
an act of spirit             the dog
the little cock               more

.

Hence the queer cock

JANUARY 10th 10:28 A.M.

 

Hence the queer cock the trust of
wands the trial and trestle the train
from where the original banishment
occurred the woman in a white tunic
trembling and packing on horseback
she leads an army a brayer of burning
a bringer of tunnels she’s the queer
under-knowledge of pain the sturdy
sex of providence the holler of
purchase a corsage of paperwhite
petals sifted on the underside of an
arm a test of knowing in wrists in
how the body falls apart in the
relentless unprotected assault of ants
the need for release the impossible
steadiness of touch without rest

 

There are two points at first the erection on the hip and fingers in
the left armpit both unbearable and both a faint infinity without
resolution the sturdy sex of strong cock entering disorganized
like a trashed garden air seeping through a sturdy fissure of ass
hands gentle but steady a mattock without money just an enter
without corroboration

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