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FINITE INTUITION by MILO DE ANGELIS

First Line: A NERVE PIVOTS AND THAT SPACE

A nerve pivots and that space
seeks a scratch in the glue,
point outside page

"Where's
the earth you send spinning?"

I shall carry you on my shoulders,
complete cremation surrounded by posts:
suicides are more secretive than angels
and from the darkless side
the stitched nape will begin
the beginning

I shall carry you on my shoulders, in tatters, to
read, beyond the wall, beyond those

"The body was frost-bitten,
purple, devoid of essence."


Used by permission of Story Line Press.



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