Totem The young man says, “Alan can do anything he wants” “Not fly,” I say The young man returns a puzzled look * Alan has already crushed the milk carton with his heel * In a quiet garden, far from here and in a world built with sentences from a good book, Alan has left the runway and grazed a pantleg on the garden wall R L Swihart Completely Possible The migration continues. Continuous. Sporadic. With mathematical complexity, wind over sand * Ropes rubbing on leather backs. Pulling on various…
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