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Odessa
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P a t r i c i a K i r K P a t r i c K
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Tis is the ight utum, t the ight spig.
Te ight utum:you will not be spared.
Te sgs hve hged; the uspekbe
hs eteed them. . . .
Te sgs hve hged, but e the e sti quite beutiu.
Te hve bee etted i sme spe, the spe the mid.
louise gluck, Averno
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n e a r o d e s s a
Ne the ed summe.
Wheted with k. With swi,
gspu, d spw. I see the bids
peig tis d wigs
bve gsses
d hidde ests.
Sbes with bes, ewig, gee
tsses , geese
gi d gi.
I see the bids
but wid tkes the sud.
Sm tws e edued t his stets,
bded-up.
Amst t the ive ed ke, g stes wte,
dmmed, white-pped, hige
betwee sttes.
Sme eds e s gd the seem t be sigig.
Te gd eds ie dw, t but t empt,
d wi be hvested te with bdes.
Ne Odess
I me t pe whee the ed is begiig.
Whee the ight is bsute, it ises.
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o d e s s a
or JS
I dve thugh Sed Het d Mtevide,
ve the Chippew Rive, the w t Mdis.
Whe I stpped, wked it gss
buestem, wid se, mh
I ws id t st. Bids I udt ideti
might hve bee bbiks,
-beedig pumge.
I m ws id wht might shw up, sudde.
Wht might hide.
At dusk I sw the stt w pteus, pis
e, eve whe pted. Amst t the Dkt bde
I ws stuk b the isti d bidig eiess
et smehw thied. Ae. Hd the the d
d i tw, just ew teeges
weig high sh swetshits, wkig d ughig, the edge
wd the dt kw.
Dkess stted s heviess i the s
eds, tt, stks, ste.
I tued bk just bee the Piie Widie Reuge
t Odess, the pe I me t see. Csed.
Empt. Te m se. Fu.
I ws divig Highw , the Siux i.
I ud ee the pst the w I ud i Mexi,
M tmbs i the juge t Peque,
me teig ppes m u hds.
Tee hus sti t dive hme.
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t h e a t t o r n e y : rom t h e i t a l o p o e m s
Yu husbd is evig.
Yu hve t hse.
Yu hve t get tte.
G dwtw e the steepe d deeit piges
whee the bes e st miis.
Wk it pte heights, ig,
stte u me t the desk,
weep t tbe ge th u diig m,
deide wht t keep d give up.
Smt d tugh
withut ve, the tte
kws the w, kws the pttes,
s bids this time e, sesig wite d ti
t get wht thee e,
smetimes te wigs whe the me t the widw.
Bke, widw see uts but it keeps bids utside;
sts ivisibe eugh t shw ight.
Tis is ed uttig u sses.
Tis is ed seeig the big pitue. Eve kid m
speks i umbes, mesues
wht ws pmised,
wht ws deied, bke, st.
Te tte sks d u swe
sts te thusd ds.
Yu thught thee ws st tht mde u ie ive,
e t Cemet Steet d the Pk Pesidi Bke
whee u gve m u dem d u m, u m
is ge w. Te train has lethe station. N use. Listeig.
ied tsteps. Stis.
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Te bids utside bthe i dust. Liste the .
Ahed u u husbd is witig with ve.
Te tte kws hell hath no ury
ike u. Like us.
N ws pvidig mitee
whe the eks, the ds,
u hve e t tuh u d mst
svigs. Te tte dws up ppes
tht desibe u e s pet, deide
whethe t etu the mi hid
bee e ewks.
Yu emembe hw u used the hide,
hw u ippes, swe with ieti, bed.
Hw u ved. Yu husbd.
Tis is ed givig ve t emti.
Tis is ed busiess egtiti.
Yuve eve ed spedsheet d s must tust
the tte t kw
whih judge, whih sttute, whih wive,
whih gbdie suit t e wd i, mumuig
met heth issues.
Te tte epesets u
but mesues tw sides the st.
What is truer than the truth?
Ftig te. Ime stem.
Oe u tuhed bbs te.
Te me wht the tte tuhesis me. Yu eed tte
t tuh me u.
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Yu wt t keep u huse d u hides
feti whe u hve bee stupid,
t, d ske.
Yu wt t sme u hds ss
the ttes suit whe u ped the settemet.
Yu k ut the skspe widw
withut sees, withut
piges bbbig edges.
Cig t u st
d t t te
the tuth. Yu we the tte me
d u hve t hse.
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f a m i l y c o u r t
get hee we ied wes,
tuhed ski,
tk vw, mde hid,
bke pmise.
Mbe we mde mistkes.
Nw hge tues the e
ives we kew,
bigs us t behes, hd sets
g the w.
Whe tw ptes eth
ub gist eh the,
hvig whee ese t g,
the k shtte.
Bitte iue gegists it.
Hw ud it hppe t us?
Bdies e mst wte.
We thik pepe wt t be gd.
Outside, d iies bm i ptes.
Iside wee seeed weps.
We ste t hds k ss the m
whee thes wit t, stued
b the pssge weve bked,
the tiket tht deives us
t steege,the west dek jue.
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Sme us e tke t sm ms.
We might hve ttes
des pteti,
push stes, hide buises with sves.
Bikig tes we tie the m
t the d wes gu i his hste.
Te judge sts ivisibe uti the st miute
whe gve divides vies m siee
d the de the ut.
F w the dest bid i the wd,
bk d white d isted
i ed bks s mm,
wis g bee divig
deepe. Deepe.
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t h e r a b b i t
Smetimes, wkig it the kithe
te gss wte, I get
m mthe is ded,
m husbd is ge,
m hide thei hidhd
is ve.
I the ight I k ut the widw,
ew sw ig i the d.
Sw ves evethig
but the tks the bbit
sudde shw up.
Pebbed tpits g ud i ies,
the bk
it bmbe.
Wht hides the gss gives w the bbit.
Rbbit, I kw whee u ive w.
F mmet I get
wh I m. F mmet
I k ut the widw s i thig hd hppeed.
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t h e a m y g d a l a b l u e s
Te emotional core o your brain . . . allows you to gauge the emotional
signifcance o what you are looking at.
v. s. ramachand ran
A disconnection between the amygdala and the inerotemporal cortex . . .
mock[s] any trust one put[s] in consciousness.
richard powers
Tees g ight d m ve mmets.
G ight d vei ve time.
Horses were turned loose in the childs sorrow.
Tees pe i the bi tht emembes.
A pe i the bi tht te.
Te st tht the hse etus t.
Fge wd smke d hssp.
Fge wd smke d hi.
iggeig sdes e.
Tees whipsh d wigsp d shdw.
Whipsh d wigsp d di.
Bizzd d gp hed.
Is it pedt, idet, wig?
Pedt, idet, ied?
Is it time? Ae we thee? Ae u eti?
Nt egizig the mii
Nt kwig wht u te.
Resig gets distted. Bekst busts it tes.
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Hw wi I kw wht u me is?
Hw wi I d u gi?
Eeti sequee stts givig f hges . . .
es d iuit d pi.
Rptue d whi d ust.
N me exuse expti.
Te e mig t bd up the widws.
Te e mig t bd up the huse.
Tees ette, kehe, e.
I sm m the sk u t me it.
I sm m the sk wht u did.
Rpid het te d stess-idued hmes.
Nthig mes i de.
Nthig mes i de but suges.
Hud dg used t the widw.
Chide sequesteed d smkestks.
Chide sequesteed with mthes.
Te wee td the wee gig t get shwes.
Whe I wke up I ws demig.
Whe I wke up I ws demig.
ime ge ws peset gi.
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Sw dw, its st.
Sw dw, its peted.
Nt evee wts t hut u.
Put u hed dw, its mst ve.
Put u hed dw d et the hse u.
Tees g ight d m ve evethig.
Horses were turned loose . . . carolyn orc, Blue Hour
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