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“Whether a night-owl screaming”

Steven Manuel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:20:02 +0000

Whether a night-owl screaming out
in regular intervals
or a train at either 3 a.m.
or 1 a.m. or some other time
scolding the night’s dark quiet

I lift my head and ear
to the window’s screen
and feel tight cold air
strain in, too, for a glimpse

Steven Manuel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:28:07 +0000

Emily is
gaunt with red
amphetamine
death methadone
and xanax
blue her dress
unzipped back
showing in
the mirror

she organizes
the closet
with her
eyes I look
over my book
at her Christ-
mas lights
straddle the
walls

Steven Manuel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:15:47 +0000

clump of leaves

foot high

road crosswalk’s white lines under

Steven Manuel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:14:45 +0000

a star
w /
tick
legs

but all
white

stuck
on the wall
of heaven