720-Santa Monica

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1.
On the bus I hold my hel­met
It is offen­sive if you do not
set things down

You stand your guard

A seat opens

You keep read­ing because you can­not bear
the choice one seat over
another

we hold our breaths

2.
The weight of edu­ca­tion
Even now
I am so very light
My thoughts
F l a k e
I sweat, I move

I am so much weaker than I ever –wanted
Brit­tle and sad
The ground-up s(n)ack
Seated in my mother’s car
Between the folds in the backseat

The smell of our old apart­ment
–7 AM light
How the fog in the morn­ing held the night in the wind

3.
In West LA
I make bread
I make but­ter
I knead or I no-knead
I For­get what I have to say

No mat­ter

Crab on the counter stuffed from the front
eyes wide open
force­ful index and pointer
stuf­fin’ it real good with a piece of their mind

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  1. I’m so happy that you wrote this. It is beautiful.

    Comment by Matthew — October 1, 2008 #

  2. i want more of this. you are the pincher of the crab.

    Comment by Alisha — October 1, 2008 #

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