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by Indigo Tempesta

like a plant reaching for dark, dully
slumps an empty jacket—max’s, whom i
haven’t seen in days.
empty elephant skin
leaning impassively; it does not mind
our crooked chair’s loveless limp embrace. 

there is, can be, nothing
less abrasive
less upsetting
than this apparition.
a ghost is naked somewhere—don’t get excited.
only let pool this meaningless sanctity
with its guise of smooth cloth.  

those arms are not max.
they do not endeavor to be him.
those hanging vine sleeves, wrinkled bunched
torso care nothing of life, melting into a puddle,
painting our carpet in thick drips.

02/15/2004

Posted on 02/15/2004
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