"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."-Maya Angelou

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AVEOLI.ALBERT GOLDBARTH
WHO ARE THESE UNSUNG PERPETRATORS OF TAJ MAHALS •• INSEPARABLE
AND RACECOURSE TRACKS AND NEPTUNE-ORBITING NASA MISSIONS •• CONFIDANTES
FIGURED FROM THE SANCTUM-NOOKS OF MY BODY? ENGINEERS, •• BEST MALE FRIEND
LINEARISTS IF FINGERPRINTS UNWHORLING •• INNER CIRCLE
INTO RAZOR-STRAIGHT SURVEYOR’S LINES •• SOCIAL CIRCLE
BY WHICH THE PAVING-STONES OF FAMOUS ANCIENT PLAZAS •• OUTER CIRCLE
MIGHT BE SET, THE GREAT WALL, HADRIAN’S TOMB. •• CHILDHOOD FRIENDS
AND: ‘IF THE CAPILLARIES OF EVERY MAN AND WOMAN •• ENEMIES TURNED FRIENDS
OF CAESAR’S ROME BECOME COMPONENTS OF A STRAIGHT LINE, THEN, •• SECRET
WHEN COMPARED TO THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THAT CITY’S PLUMBING….’ •• ON AND OFF
AND: ‘IF ALL THE CUBIC VOLUME OF THE SMALL INTESTINE’S VILLI •• ALLIED
WERE PLACED ON A PEDESTAL IN THE LOUVRE…’ WE SEEM TO NEED THESE •• CASUAL
SLY COMFABULATORS OF METAPHOR, WE SEEM TO NEED COMPARING •• FRIEND OF A FRIEND
WHAT’S FAMILIAR – NIAGARA, THE HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON, •• FRIENDLY ACQUAINTANCES
THE FACE OF THE MOON – WITH SOMETHING SO PUZZLINGLY STRANGE AS OUR LIVES •• AND ANYTHING ELSE

LIT.CRISTIN O’KEEFE APTOWICZ
DON’T SAY YOU DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING, JASON. •• HARDCORE HATRED
DON’T SAY YOU DIDN’T REALIZE THIS WOULD BE MY REACTION •• ONE-SIDED HATRED
AND THAT YOU NEVER INTENDED FOR ME TO GET ALL WORKED UP, •• INTOLERABLE
BECAUSE IF THAT WERE TRUE, THEN YOU ARE DUMBER •• EXTREME DISLIKE
THAN LENNY FROM MICE AND MEN, BLINDER THAN OEDIPUS •• MUTUAL DISLIKE
AND TIERUS PUT TOGETHER AND CAN FEEL LESS •• ONE-SIDED DISLIKE
THAN A DALTON TRUMBO CHARACTER. •• ENEMIES BY ASSOCIATON
YOU PUT THE DICK IN DICKENS AND THE BOO IN KOWSKI •• NEWFOUND ENEMIES
AND ARE MORE COWARD-LY THAN NOEL. •• BARELY TOLERABLE
BUT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ANY OF THESE REFERENCES, •• CONSTANT IRRITATION
DO YOU, JASON? BECAUSE YOU ‘DON’T READ.’ •• MARGINAL IRRITATION
YOU ARE A GEOLOGY MAJOR AND YOU ONCE TOLD ME •• DISDAIN/SCORN
THAT, ‘SCIENTISTS DON’T READ POPULAR LITERATURE, •• ENVY
CRISTIN, WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO’. •• FEAR
WELL, FUCK YOU. JASON, YOU ARE MORE ABSURD THAN IONESCO. •• AVOIDANCE
YOU ARE MORE ABSTRACT THAN JOYCE, •• INDIFFERENCE
MORE INCONSISTENT THAN AGATHA CHRISTIE •• INTIMIDATED
AND MORE SATANIC THAN RUSHDIE’S VERSES •• RIVALRY
GO PLATH YOURSELF. •• UNFRIENDLY RIVALRY
YOUR HEART IS SO DARK, THAT EVEN JOSEPH CONRAD •• DISGUST
COULDN’T SEE IT, AND IT IS SO BURIED UNDER BULLSHIT •• TENSION
THAT EVEN POE’S COPS COULDN’T HEAR IT. •• ARGUMENTATIVE
YOUR MIND IS AS EMPTY AS THE LIBRARIES IN FAHRENHEIT 451. •• FRENEMIES
YOUR MIND IS AS EMPTY AS SILAS MARNER’S COFFERS. •• SKEPTICISM
YOUR MIND IS AS EMPTY AS HUCKLEBERRY FINN’S WALLET. •• AND ANYTHING ELSE

KISSING.DORIANNE LAUX
THEY ARE KISSING, ON A PARK BENCH, •• LOVE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
ON THE EDGE OF AN OLD BED, IN A DOORWAY •• FINAL
AS THE STREETS FILL WITH BALLOONS •• ENGAGED
OR SOLDIERS, LOCUSTS OR CONFETTI, WATER •• CURRENT
OR FIRE OR DUST. KISSING DOWN THROUGH •• POSSIBLE FUTURE
THE CENTURIES UNDER SUN OR STARS, A DEAD TREE, •• FUTURE
AN UMBRELLA, AMID DERELICTS. KISSING •• GOOD PAST
AS CHRIST CARRIES HIS CROSS, AS GANDHI •• BAD PAST
SINGS HIS SPEECHES, AS A BULLET •• AMBIGUOUS PAST
THE SILENCE OF THE TONGUE, THE MUTE •• IN DENIAL
RUNGS OF THE UPPER PALATE, HUNGRY •• SECRET
FOR THE LIVING FLESH. THEY ARE STILL •• CHEMISTRY
INTO THE WHITE AIR, WHEN MOZART BENDS •• FORBIDDEN
TO BEGIN THE WORLD AGAIN. NOTHING •• CRUSH ON HER
CAN STOP THEM. I WANT TO BELIEVE •• CRUSH ON HIM
THEY ARE KISSING TO SAVE THE WORLD, •• MUTUAL CRUSH
BUT THEY’RE NOT. THEY ARE SEALING •• FLEETING GLANCES
THE HARD WORDS IN, THEY ARE DYING •• ON AND OFF
FOR OUR SINS. IN A BROKEN WORLD THEY ARE •• ATTRACTION
TO PERFECTION. THEY ARE HOLDING •• PLAYFUL FLIRTING
ONTO EACH OTHER. THEY ARE KISSING. •• AND ANYTHING ELSE

I GO BACK TO MAY 1937 .SHARON OLDS
I SEE THEM STANDING AT THE FORMAL GATES OF THEIR COLLEGES, •• BROTHER
I SEE MY FATHER STROLLING OUT •• HALF-SIBLING
UNDER THE OCHRE SANDSTONE ARCH, THE •• STEP-SIBLING
RED TILES GLINTING LIKE BENT •• COUSIN
PLATES OF BLOOD BEHIND HIS HEAD, I •• OTHER FAMILY
SEE MY MOTHER WITH A FEW LIGHT BOOKS AT HER HIP •• PRACTICALLY FAMILY
STANDING AT THE PILLAR MADE OF TINY BRICKS WITH THE •• TEACHER
WROUGHT-IRON GATES STILL OPEN BEHIND HER, ITS •• MENTOR
SWORD-TIPS BLACK IN THE MAY AIR, •• ROLE MODEL
THEY ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE, •• GOOD INFLUENCE
THEY ARE ABOUT TO GET MARRIED, •• BAD INFLUENCE
THEY ARE KIDS, THEY ARE DUMB, ALL THEY KNOW IS THEY ARE •• TRUST
INNOCENT, THEY WOULD NEVER HURT ANYBODY. •• DISTRUST
I WANT TO GO UP TO THEM AND SAY STOP, •• RESPECT
DON’T DO IT—SHE’S THE WRONG WOMAN, •• DISRESPECT
HE’S THE WRONG MAN, YOU ARE GOING TO DO THINGS •• ADMIRE
YOU CANNOT IMAGINE YOU WOULD EVER DO, •• PROTECTIVE OVER ME
YOU ARE GOING TO DO BAD THINGS TO CHILDREN, •• PROTECTIVE OVER YOU
YOU ARE GOING TO SUFFER IN WAYS YOU NEVER HEARD OF •• CONFUSED
YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO DIE. I WANT TO GO •• FALSE
HER HUNGRY PRETTY BLANK FACE TURNING TO ME, •• WORKING RELATIONSHIP
HER PITIFUL BEAUTIFUL UNTOUCHED BODY, •• RELUCTANT
HER ARROGANT HANDSOME BLIND FACE TURNING TO ME, •• STABLE
HIS PITIFUL BEAUTIFUL UNTOUCHED BODY, •• VOLATILE
BUT I DON’T DO IT. I WANT TO LIVE. I •• TENTATIVE
TAKE THEM UP LIKE THE MALE AND FEMALE •• TENSE
PAPER DOLLS AND BANG THEM TOGETHER •• AWKWARD
AT THE HIPS LIKE CHIPS OF FLINT AS IF TO •• COMPLICATED
STRIKE SPARKS FROM THEM, I SAY •• ABOUT TO CHANGE
DO WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, AND I WILL TELL ABOUT IT. •• AND ANYTHING ELSE

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