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phantoms in
the moss phantoms
in the train cars dressed
like porters with
black eye makeup
phantoms full of
saliva &
the cottoned virus
phantoms in the telegraph
ink
grinding
their teeth now
horses follow the
messenger girl into
the wooden woods
Joshua Marie Wilkinson is author of The Book of Whipsering in the Projection Booth.
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