“reanimated by appropriation”
–Susan Howe
I put on other’s clothes
friends lovers conspirators
guises to disguise
myself to myself
random increments
casual in their sediment
like laughter in the dark
somewhere not here
lists compiled then
disaggregated in detail
still lack a cohesion
just words juxtaposed
we whisper together
as if we knew more
(March 321, 2016)
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