Erasures from a randomly selected paperback novel, this one being Jessica Hagedorn's book "Dogeaters"
These words belong to no one, and niether does the poem

 

The Only Letter Ever Written

...I can tell
smitten care, and
privleges,
generous danger
in life, but now
I'm envious of you
lately...
and I love you.
they'll eventually understand.
And if they don't...here you go


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15

violins.
voice
of Love until
her shoulders,
this time
stay
in
Place

I have to pretend
to see
tense
dark
obscene images that
never appear.

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170

exactly            irritating
black            scion


       She misses
                                                 floating around



                             , it was enough.


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221

Western armchair men,
proud plane.
one shoe against
half-moon eyes
aware and foolish.

as the noble
step bloodshed
in the mouths of the denied.

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51

sullen jet
tumbled down
curious,     dismissive

The chinese mother
confessed
it didn't bother her

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71

Address a method

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189

Resting omen

a shield felt him
sing a chain

from the club of
                       desperate
                         erase

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164

presence never called him back.
secret blame,
sometimes despise
.

and time only corners the busboys
in deserted years and
blushing mutters.

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Rid


Hallowed kingdom            will
Hallowed kingdom            came
Mary, touch us blankly your
carnal Rhinestone Volcanoes
watching earth as we might have in heaven

discolored fermenting bandage
serpents and damaged cataracts
the miraculous melody of your terror swims

in here, choose this day our daily
art, a veiled Lamb of shadows
full of here with floor pedals
piston-sewing water fangs

So, the virgin thorn
the slingshot flesh of us
now is your time: regret--
we have lost the fruits
of Now and
                     without Now

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Dogs


Hound
Hiding
no longer useful.

upside down
once.
but jokes
CAN'T
scream.

February, 2014