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intentionally left blank

that’s not

a defense

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when I wake up

she’s already

sweating

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they resist

the broom

onion skins

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to talk to you

she turns her head

but not her body

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orange dawn light

the squeaking hinge

rouses the chickens

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they say

worms will

come to the pond

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where the onions

have split

tiny flies

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fire season

we remove

our trees

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you start

to have a story

it doesn’t go well

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as it darkens

we drift to

different rooms

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