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A Poem Traveled Down My Arm 21KissingYourArmI kissTheMountain.Don’t youthinktheyintendto incineratethe Earthwho createa napalmto burnour fleshevenunderwater?How longwehave sleptdreamingof gettingeverywheresomewherefaster.In ourlifetimeno endtowar.What do birdsthinkofus?Fleetingthoughtwheredidyougo?Lostpoem.When we dietheoceanofLifeclosesoverus.Donot beamiracleofafflictiontotheworld.Choosesomeoneto lovewhowouldn’t evenhearof it. Noticeducks.Childrentrainedtoshootto killthemselves:Wethe groundonwhichtheyfall.Wear red.How to hopeagainstthe evilengulfingus?All aroundour rentedpole housein Paradiseacid limewas laidtosilencefrogs.How can werestthinkingoftheirburninglegs?What isthe balmforconsciousness?There is onlykindnesslucid, strongin themomentlikesunlightpenetratinga gloomygladeThe offerof empathyor teaor souporbreada bed.Lackof balancestaggersus.To falliseasy.Even so,fallingwill nothelp.Nogadgetin allCreationtodistract usforeverfromourgrief.We have seenParadiseover &overwe havelostiteverytime.Is itthe sameParadiseweloseso constantlyinourselves?There isno“Other”onlyyou—atwar.For medicinecontemplateabreathingleaf:faithfulness.Nowwe knowwhymodelswe aretrainedto emulatelooklikeskeletons.

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