[we stand in]
       

we stand in
for the moon

carry
a slide rule
to the yard under

logging noise
takes practice how
to carefully open

this door
with your eyes down
& your colors intact

we put our clothes
back on

slowly before

our laughter turns us
into somebody else's

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from Swamp Isthmus
Black Ocean
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