the juggler
Barton Smock

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the juggler

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sand in the sex mouth.   sleep grits,

hard spirit, against him.   decency, he has.

it's a small life with a wreath on the door.

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ghost field.   possessed by no town.

 

in open spaces, gravity, wears his hat.

dentate circles.   bites in a black curtain.

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nothing comes down anymore.

 

virus, daylight.   assailed, only hand writes list

less opacity.   citizen umbrae.

 

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long ago, be a city.

 

a city elegant and round.   a city

the size of a house.   the kind of house we see.