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Wild
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Both touched
then more so wild
it was those overnight
accelerations
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to only lean against
and fading into morning
an oceanic dive a turning
back reversing into stasis
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his idle hands
turned slowly into
aftermath a step by step
of suffering
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the spice of options
of branching into
such a coldness where
all that had been possible
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was left to linger on
a marble slab
of carelessness
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of skull-bound
negligence toward
the scented pasture.
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Paul Ilechko is the author of three chapbooks, most recently “Pain Sections” (Alien Buddha Press). His work has appeared in a variety of journals, including Rogue Agent, January Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Book of Matches and Pithead Chapel. He lives with his partner in Lambertville, NJ.
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