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EVENT VITAL STATS
3 HOURS - 28 POEMS
DATE: OCTOBER 26th 2018

LOCATION: NEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
EVENT: MUSEUM AFTER DARK : 12th ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH
MAIN MUSE: THE LOVE SCRIBE WITHIN ME, BARTON FINK, THE ADDAMS FAMILY

THE POETRY CARDS
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• SELECTED POEMS from the event (essentially unedited) •
1.

i glanced askew and
time took me --

when i fell asleep i was
sweating and the night took
me of my dewiness -
craning my neck to find
the sweet spot of my
pillow --

i went down for you
and you barely even knew it
my rings were off and
they knew it --

when the ground becomes wet
there will be a moment
to listen,
but for now i will put them
back on my fingers and try to
comb them through my hair.

3.

when it stopped
glistening i started
to run.

lifetimes are slower than that
moment was -- there are
panthers who have never seen
a cheetah or a lightning bolt
run faster than i did that night.

the dripping had ceased
and so i left it there,
almost rotting.

it had been a long night
but not the kind you can't remember --

it had been the first night that
had started me to forget.
4.

back to atlantis
is where she said we were
going -- there was a white quality
to the beach that i hadn't seen before
& i swear when i got off the plane she
looked so fucking much like a dolphin --

the ocean is wide and voluminous
like the space between us at times
and when we arrived to the side
of the earth and the water
i lost her --

when she was gone i found myself
looking for seashells as if that would
replace her --

i still have them though
they're a bit dusty now.

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