harry k stammer


Jack 'n Jill ride with Joseph and Mary

Jack's death was predicted since
that last August all his friends
had emailed/phoned each person
marked calendars accurate date
foreseen death calls telephones
had come email had arrived
others had stopped
close
or had quickly left remained
sung songs read poetry
play "have that being" where
external force (s) reflects
only fright pale limits
stolen direction (ing)
emanating eye contact

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advanced morning
Jack chose bag above
walked front door Jack
is a machine drives his
car makes it work drives
his car makes you cry
advanced night
goes to sleep Jack
is inoperative was
for years (un)filled for years
"being fucked,"
considered
extracted light vertically
'quisite (there) preponderant
(ance) little union
"happened more already"

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Jill changing subject pulled
in covering another time
pulled in covering another
time another time moving
subject covering and subject
"we made the examination
pressure blood low" Jill sits
down above changes subject
"you know me?" change trunks
citizen changed hands tubings
worth words (referent't) with
exaggeration visual 'hement
"you I redone"

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connection (phone/cell) lost
considered rejection "because
they had considered it"
uncertainty (burden) "with hunger
still repaired determined
represented, ah ah, huhhuhhuhhuh, ha"
and covering shoulders breaker
winder little bows rope
"you do not know" sits down
stops below backwards (obliged)
pssssssss 180 bomb pump bomb
over 130 "expensive lady"

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"back and relax" walking
this fast walking back
that fast pencil to
write book to read Joseph
twisting around to look
around "what?" looking up
looking (as if) shoulder
arm lift over head sweater
pull (d) up & over building
write Joseph wishing metal back
stairs over street level
"prevents people reading
what" bird shit (pigeon) fallen snow

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(like) should
lift "account for them
react to," Joseph feel thinks
tip-toe wall left backwards
(de) personal "in its"
very beginning running
across the street swinging
head looking (swinging
working head) one pivot
"no wish or will"
(un)aware swinging arms
book/pen in hand determine
less actively processed
personal drainage
"you can see these pieces floating"
orientation not participants.

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a red plastic
shopping cart Mary one hand
up forward force (fully)
plastic cart bags plastic
"you know?" didn't
remember less/less color
boxes rest less (ly) more
more left hand pointing
down forward egregious ('tory)
"you don't think so?"
between one hand raised
Mary(silent talk) "I'm not
saying you should" she's
blue hospital gown things
right arm chops pointing while

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directions mouthing left/ahead
chopping forward yelling
"this way, then,"
sagging (with these
materials conveyed past)
"please back up" left
omnivorous tap dance hoof'd
'long about around concave
(parts of speech) "No!"
right (ahead right) ahead
"No!" none past without
sides (no) "when you said,"
hands on handle cart
plastic red "one old dream"
fresh left up the street


 
 
 
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