——AS A SMALL CHILD I WENT TO SUMMER SUNDAY SCHOOL AND IT WAS THERE THAT I CAUGHT CHRISTIAN LEPROSY. I CARRIED IT HOME AND MY FAMILY ALL FELL VICTIM TO THE AILMENT. I TRY TO RECALL WHAT MADE US COMFORTABLE AND WHAT STRAINED US. PERHAPS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE SOUL IS A VERB ENERGIZED US TO STRUGGLE ON.——

FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, WE TRY TO IGNORE THE BIG HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR PRESENT.

Ditch-digging through Michael

insufficient clay feet long gone

the new legs sleep under the bed

therapeutic narcotics on the nightstand

pillows from the Aldous Huxley estate

never a nuisance, my night porter

he closes my eyes

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Author: multiplemichael

"EVERYWHERE I LOOK I SEE IMITATIONS OF THE REAL THING"

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