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Making Love To Concrete

...An upright abutment in the mouth
of the Willis Avenue bridge
a beige Honda leaps the divider
like a steel gazelle inescapable
sleek leather boots on the pavement
rat-a-tat-tat best intentions
going down for the third time
stuck in the particular

You cannot make love to concrete
if you care about being
non-essential wrong or worn thin
if you fear ever becoming
diamonds or lard
you cannot make love...Read more of this...
by Lorde, Audre


The Self-Seeker

..."Willis, I didn't want you here to-day: 
The lawyer's coming for the company. 
I'm going to sell my soul, or, rather, feet. 
Five hundred dollars for the pair, you know." 
"With you the feet have nearly been the soul; 
And if you're going to sell them to the devil, 
I want to see you do it. When's he coming?" 
"I half suspect you knew, and came on purpose 
To...Read more of this...
by Frost, Robert

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