Erik Fuhrer


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a further erasure of the first act of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot

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                                     old friends

                                 put down

                                blessings

                                     in fear and

t r e m b l i n g

                           question

           PUFF

              to speak

                              

                          a vacuum

 

    r e f l e c t s

              a

PAUSE

                                                                       a heavy burden

                         S

                        A

                        G

                        S

                                                  with relief

reasoning

      wants to

                     COD

                               Like a pig

                       shoes                   chance

                                          KICKING

                     the                         heart

   

        creatures

    

     W

     E

     E

     P

                                  forsaken

         

           in the shins

                                          s t a g g e r s

                               bleed

                I’ll

             I’ll

     stop        crying

replaced                                                  tears

                  W

                  E

                  E

                  P

Erik Fuhrer is the author of not human enough for the census, forthcoming from Vegetarian Alcoholic Press in late 2019. His website is Erik-Fuhrer.com.

An earlier erasure of Godot appeared in issue 54 of Otoliths.
 
 
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