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like distant music, like quiet sunlight

John Sweet

blood rising up from where the
cross is planted, just like dali promised

streets laid out in meaningless patterns
until they give birth to cities

the body of a homeless man found
out by the railroad tracks,
body of a second grade teacher
found tied to her bed

not too far to the
empty fields from here

not too far to the forest

a few miles down 26 south, over the river,
over the interstate,
and there you are and, after you’ve
gotten dressed, after she’s called her
husband to say she’ll be home in a
few hours, she tells you she
wants to drive

says she wants to get lost

doesn’t mean it, of course,
but still

it’s an idea that never quite goes away

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