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Laura Pegram
January 31, 2012

Suspended Lines by Adrienne Rich

Laura Pegram
January 31, 2012
Suspended Lines by Adrienne Rich

Scrape a toxic field with a broken hoe /  Found legacies turn up in splinters    blood-codes, secret sharings

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Laura Pegram
January 31, 2012

Nook and Boon: (Of Rock & Hard Places): "Contemplation by Ed Pavlic

Laura Pegram
January 31, 2012
Nook and Boon: (Of Rock & Hard Places): "Contemplation by Ed Pavlic

In scoped and torn cartilage / of key joints, of bent presence, I wonder. / Is this house emptied by the music / of McCoy Tyner playing the keys / like, one by one, / they fell off on the floor, I wonder.

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