Robert Matte Jr. Poems

Chester at a Crossroads *


The house
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When you bury a marriage
the wake should feature
cheap liquor, tasteless food,
wilted flowers and
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for Clayton Moore

When they took away
your mask in 1979
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From that house there has come so much life that it ought
never to die or fall into ruin.... ~ Pearl S. Buck
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I

May 10,1869
Promontory Summit
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Retired Shoe Salesman

Had trouble figuring it out,
what I should to with my life.
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Domestic

I am from Guatemala.
My husband Hernando
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#38 Maria Serrano 55

Retired Trapeze Artist
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