James McLain Poems

Always) it(sin a hurry.
Pushing) it(is pulling.
Everything, all of) it(s.
Foodstamps, are now
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I use the number you reach for
but when you answer his voice, it
is the right person for the wrong
call when you spoke to the other
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As for your request of me.
and as always how you looked at me
i who am your mirror.
As for me, your ways, ' i whom desired the fact
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That this new area enema
being now safe makes
full those being flushed.
Words being clean, being effective,
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There one where you are I am,
you are beautiful,
I am the part of your each crosscurrent.
I am not like my wife,
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love could i and yet
and if i were able to keep it all
being never, truly free
my inner core, my eyes behind
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