Blooms of forsythia crowd and crown
our discontent
A hair that teases
the back of the throat
our memory of an ancient violence

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Van Bryck-Hedd knows what's best
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he speaks
slowlypatiently

The eternal shuttlecock
arches across dusk-pink sky
When it's hit it says
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it saysnothing