sunlight thick as fog
hot and lazy country days
crunching gravel under bike tires
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How now Mao?
given your 15 of fame,
Entomed in an American museum
as a commodity hung on a wall,
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It found itself embedded in wax
This catenary cord
This cotton string
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I don’t know why I gather sticks
in hand held bundles bound in string.
Old fashion thick white string,
tied around a clutch of wood
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