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What if we came in [pieces] and [parts]

in [plastic bags]

with a small [tube] of [glue]

what if we were left on the [doorstep]

lit like a [fuse]

crackling

burning

what if we came

in at the [middle]

stayed to the [end] and came back for the [start]

what if we came like a [ransom note]

with a [map] and a [warning]

what if we came like an [afternoon] [storm]

what if we came fully formed like a [colt]

wet and warm

what if we came through the [wall]

like a [ghost]

or what if we came like a [fish] to the [surface]

what if we came like a [bubble] and popped

what if we came in [pieces] and [parts]

and no one came to put us together

what if we came in a [cardboard] [box]

what if no one

opened us up.

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