1.

in anticipation of morning: airlessness, undone-ness — to taste nothing

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resynchronization takes time

2.

we wished a thickened glove to treat our splinting frame with noise

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a practice of gentle aversion:

3.

where do we greet the lesser heart of us who loved too hungry

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the shifting, the mutable — all that the absolute excludes.

4.

the years yearn as badly as we do

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on cloudy days if moved to constant light

5.

patience not a game of laquered need

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Detailed, urgent; once in a while, selfless.