from across/upon
word looks worried and free is one letter more than fee this character
is anything but loosely strung these days these dazed petals yes of print
pedal petal faster don’t wilt spokes speak silver circles
graph the seasonal grass trampled by grid of wheels be clear now
linkage is everything
i am here at Westsubs for wi-fi, not wife the young men in Hawaiian shirts smile when i
take a table i don’t really take the table i sit with my legs under there are
people working on manuscripts, answering email a girl to my left with knitted cap &
earphones is drawing a drawing of a fish, very wide as if it’s eaten another
fish she smiles, the draw-er does, turns to a blank white page in her sketchbook
searches for another image on her laptop & begins drawing a drawing on paper of a
drawing on her screen
searches for another image on her laptop & begins drawing a drawing on paper of a
drawing on her screen
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the woman is grinding her teeth so much that her dentist sharpens the teeth
to chew effectively spikes them for chicken & asparagus the dentist insists she
get fitted for a mouth guard to wear nightly hints, maybe during the day once
the woman gets the mouth guard she lays its clamshell container down on the bed next to her
pillow clicks the container open inserts the clear plastic apparatus over her
upper row of teeth silver wire hugging she goes to sleep dreams
dreams she has a dining room designed by a TV show home decoratorthe woman is grinding her teeth so much that her dentist sharpens the teeth
to chew effectively spikes them for chicken & asparagus the dentist insists she
get fitted for a mouth guard to wear nightly hints, maybe during the day once
the woman gets the mouth guard she lays its clamshell container down on the bed next to her
pillow clicks the container open inserts the clear plastic apparatus over her
upper row of teeth silver wire hugging she goes to sleep dreams
the table settings laid out are exquisite the food delectable the dreamer begins to
salivate her mind asks the dreamer, how can you eat this delicious meal with a
mouth guard? the dreamer reaches inside her mouth tugs the U-shaped
plastic off her teeth snaps it into the clamshell container by her pillow