Radii
Melissa Bull (Concordia University, Canada)
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…………………….platonic / platinum
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I could lick the hair of your arms to
…………………….smell the sunlight there but
…………….let the lilac air
…………….wheel-speak our sympathies.
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Late evening slanting through half-closed lids.
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…………………….bespoke / besotted
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…………….This morning I cut
…………….through the baseball diamond.
I found a fractured robin’s egg
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…………….iris blue.
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Melissa’s landlady told her she can’t grow flowers in her yard. Last night Melissa fell asleep in all her clothes while reading in bed. In Montreal. Her dog slept on the floor.
