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because of gnats

we see

the air

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I smell you

when we swap

out the battery

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one ant

you don’t tell

the others

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pasta sauce

dots on your

white collar

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the color of

your toes through

your threadbare socks

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it’s the beetle

it’s just a smaller

beetle

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blossoms on

the slender

dead limbs

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the clock lost

an extra

minute today

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wear every

day your funeral

clothes

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a cool wind

scatters

the cherry blossoms

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