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Elias Simpson: The swam limps across the courtyard

March 30, 2013 by PBQ

Why does the uncle with the stroke
            attempt complete sentences
when butter will do? Elegance,
even its loss, its drunkenness
or disability, conveys the nature of a mind—
that sureness of pleasure in itself.

Filed Under: Contributors 86, Issue 86, Poetry, Poetry 86 Tagged With: Contributors 86, Elias Simpson, Poetry, Poetry 86

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