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From: INWIT






CHAIR





Here it stands
as Luther would have
his Articles stand-
an incontrovertible
conclusion.
Let a child clamber
on its singular upholstery
with gloves of jam;
let pornographers
perform in its lap;
shroud it a hundred years
and it will wait
to be unshrouded
until time deposits new warm
bodies and appraising eyes.
Let a madman rage it to splinters,
it will coruscate in infinity,
dancing toward zero
like any other star,
utterly obedient,
utterly passive.











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TO A LOVER





The garlands and laurels


set on the foreheads


of those who fought best


sang best


on you


should be placed


lower


no


lower.









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