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Army surplus shop dressing going in surprisingly hard.

lost in the luscious · larceny of rose
a ruler riddled · weary & wise
burning to bother · bystander rocks
incapable of carving · curve for a butterfly

"Indeed, walking the Paris streets was for Gertrude and other lesbians an act of defiance, and as she and Alice became more recognizable, more deliberate about their appearance, these public displays became more akin to a queer performance..."

So many poets, generations of poets now, who don't seem to be able to hear the sounds of poetry. They write to fill a shape in the page. Why do they do it then? To fulfill some idea of "being a poet".

"Sometimes the mystery has a poetry of its own."