theJunkyardprocession1

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thejunkyardprocession

Iii Your daughter lifts me up and drops me in a glass. I fizz,

Shrapnel There is one pound in change in a shoe in my room;

and bobble to the bottom, bub-

orange and silver pieces

bles,

in the scuffed leather.

brown on white. If I could have

I tip the heel upwards,

my way,

and it pours like chinkling pop into her hand.

I would not simply dissolve after you have left me for bed;

'come on,' she says, 'we'll buy a bottle.

I would sprout flowers, a bouquet

Cloudy lemonade.'

before I go. But too late. I‘ve disappeared.

Worn In


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