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I love you get in the car
Barton Smock***
I love you get in the car
***
this morning,
in the yard
a man with no handsclaimed
there were parts of me
he remembered. I locked the door
and called a taxi. went out
to smoke a cigarette
my heart
heavy
in the ankle
of a horse. a carriage
with 'taxi'
written on the side
came for me. I spotted
an ear
in the parking lot
at work. I picked it up, it didn't
feel real. I turned it in
at the desk
and waited.
the loudspeaker
reported nothing
but a found
earring.
by the time I came home
I felt healthy enough, and said
to the man
still in the yard
what do you want, my hand, and tried
to make a fist.