AND LIKE LORDS
        THE ANGLES WERE MET

        AND LIKE LOVE
        THE ARCS WERE ...

        tape hiss

        spicer's crazy
        after lorca

        after x after y after z

        and what color should the book jacket be?

        AND LIKE LORDS
        THE OBJECTS FILLED
        EXPANDING ZERO

        and what color should my jacket be?

        no one asks about the body...
        it's appropriate
        no one asks about the words either...
        (that is, what color they shouLd ...)

        WEARING THINGS IS A CRITIQUE
        WEARING COVERS I WANT TO SLEEP
        IN YOUR ARMS
        I'M TOO WORN TO WANT ANYTHING
        I WANT TO WEAR YOU

        hear a hum of lullybyebyes
        hear a hum now not so quiety becomings
        here a hum and there a bum, give a penny, give a song,
        give a dollar, here a rhyme, hear a rhyme or see a rhyme?

        which is water...which is water?
        flood the quiet hall with muzac now
        elevator ups, hiccups and bumps
        the water falling into its own flood...

        IT'S JUST WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
        NO, NO NO, IT'S JUST WATER UNDER THE WATER.
        AND LIKE LOUD THE GUITAR WAS BROKEN.
         

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