the wind had picked up
where it left off the night before

these are sharks' fins
i believe the tongue propels them

at fullerton and california
california and sacramento
at fullerton and damen and

diversely

these are sharks' fins
i believe the tongue propels them

otherwise the surface
is only broken
by

foam, strawberries, tongues

failing the diagonal
still

strawberry yard's in louisville

why did the sharks watch him drown?

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this takes us west of the city

the baseline bends
to cross but
drifts

with visibility slight

and of a sudden
extremes left and right
opening onto

the sailor unleashed his dog in the square
the cat ate the french fry in the hall

still servile in what seems wild

cooked corn in formaldehyde
popcorn in an airtight jar
cornflakes under glass

a second sun was discovered on may 21

the electric curtain was busted
it should have been a frame, please

its clanking was so false

here's a still of the distance of a mile

beneath which
i should know the name:
perfectly straight trees

or can we go to the point?

clean rain, the good indoors
if you have a place to be

"if you put it out
and then relight it

it tastes better than before"

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