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Tanka.

"Where do we see renditions of inwardness, except in a few images of Einstein wreathed in pipe-smoke?" —Sven Birkerts via

On Witness for the Prosecution.

"an empire in our driveway"

merest lozenge of slime
lucky ticket
fever not emptied
by burrowing the Nine Worlds
early sunlight owlish
matter itself feverish
something i lose they keep for me

for i'll be back tomorrow

"On this day last year Israel killed my friend Bilal al-Masri and some members of his family at a funeral tent."