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Conversation With X.(Poem)
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The Literary Review
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January 1, 2006
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2006 Fairleigh Dickinson University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Conversation With X
The clouds don't drop on my accord.
Sullen, someone sits smoking in a study.
His clouds, his ears, his grieving bookends.
A tiny jet hisses gas: which nostril, which
eye, which orifice do you press to stop it?
He thinks he shall order Dungeness Crab.
You think you will rent a hundred movies
and chainsmoke their fictions. A delicate
matter: You don't seem happy. What's this?
A frown? A sneer? Nails ripped at the cuticles.
Don't ...
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